Raymond Soubie
latest news & developmentsFrench public-transport strike draws to a close
A transport strike that crippled the French rail network for nine days petered out on Friday after workers voted to give talks on pension reform a chance. The number of trains on…
State workers join rail strike in France
Pressure from the street against French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s programme of reforms intensified on Tuesday as hundreds of thousands of state employees went on strike,…