Sophie Vénétitay

Force in Play

Criticized the exclusion of public-sector unions from Nov. 9 wage talks and said unions would keep pressure on the government.

France's school protest movement widened into a national labor dispute in early November. A Nov. 5 general strike drew more than 600,000 marchers, the AP reported; the CGT claimed nearly 1.6 million, and the Interior Ministry counted 146,000 at Nov. 7 protests.

Updated 2 days ago