French unions make pre-Christmas push to block pension reforms

PARIS (Reuters) - French trade unions on Tuesday used transport strikes and mass protests to try to force President Emmanuel Macron to ditch a planned pension reform before the Christmas holidays.A nationwide movement of rolling strikes and protests over the pension reform is entering its second week, but on Tuesday unions were redoubling their efforts, with more transport disruption and bigger protests expected.Former investment banker Macron has said he wants to streamline the Byzantine state..