'The French don’t like optimism. It is suspect. Self-delusional'
As France looks at a third week of strikes against Emmanuel Macron’s pensions reforms with no sign of resolution, thousands marched again in the streets of Paris yesterday, eager to cancel Christmas. Philippe Martinez, the dour, moustachioed leader of the Communist CGT union dismissed a plea from PM Edouard Philippe: non, there would be no trains for the holidays, or as few as the strikers could manage.
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