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A protestor holds a box for strike fund donations during a demonstration after 24 days of strike against French government's pensions reform plans in Paris, France, December 28, 2019. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

French unions block ports as pension strikes lose steam

Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has offered to withdraw plans to raise the retirement age for full pension benefits by two years to 64 if the pension budget can be balanced another way

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe delivers a statement following a weekly cabinet meeting and a government seminar at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/Pool

French PM says transport strikes against pension reform will go nowhere

French climber Alain Robert, also known as "Spiderman", scales the Tour Total skyscraper in support of the anti pensions reform strikers at La Defense financial and business district near Paris, France, January 13, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

'French Spider-Man' scales Total tower in support of pension strikes

A demonstrator wears a mask depicting French President Emmanuel Macron at a demonstration by French labour union members and workers on strike in Paris during the 36th consecutive day of strike against French government's pensions reform plans in France, January 9, 2020. The slogan reads "Welcome to Macron world". REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Macron defies French unions over retirement age in pension reform

French CGT dock workers on strike attend a demonstration in Marseille during the 36th consecutive day of strike against French government's pensions reform plans in France, January 9, 2020. The banner reads, "Don't touch our pensions". REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier

French unions return to streets in make-or-break pension protest

A protestor holds a box for strike fund donations during a demonstration after 24 days of strike against French government's pensions reform plans in Paris, France, December 28, 2019. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

French hardline union calls for more strikes to counter Macron's pension reform

Commuters walk on a platform at Gare de l'Est train station during a strike by all unions of French SNCF and the Paris transport network (RATP) in Paris as French transportation workers' strike continues for a 19th day against pension reform plans in France, December 23, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Scuffles break out as protesters invade Paris' Gare de Lyon station