France prepares for more Strikes: Failure of Negotiations on the Pension Reform

France is bracing for a new round of nationwide protests and strikes on Thursday after a meeting between the prime minister and unions failed to break the deadlock over a deeply unpopular pension reform bill, Reuters reported.

Protests against the reform - which raises the retirement age by two years to 64 - have drawn hundreds of thousands of people to rallies organized by unions since January. At times there was violence.

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