Trade unions called for more street
protests after nationwide strikes aimed at forcing President
Emmanuel Macron to abandon his pension reforms caused chaos on France's transport networks for a fifth day on Monday.
The week ahead will test whether Macron can deliver the social and economic change he says is necessary for
France to compete with powers like
China and the United States.
A meeting between Macron's pension tsar, Jean-Paul Delevoye, and union leaders on Monday showed no sign of breaking the impasse, with Prime Minister Edouard Philippe due to present the "architecture" of the reforms on Wednesday.