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World Service,21 Mar 2018,17 mins

A Strike Showdown in France

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Weeks of strikes are threatened over President Emmanuel Macron's plans for economic reforms, which include the railways. Who will prevail? Hugh Schofield reports from Paris. And Manuela Saragosa speaks to Fabrice Angel from the CGT trade union, former economic adviser to Francois Hollande, Laurence Boone, and Alexandre Holdroyd, an MP in Mr Macorn's Republique En Marche party. (Photo: A demonstration against the French government's planned labour law reforms in Marseille, 2016. Credit: Getty Images)

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