RTRS Witness-Protesters Enter Paris Stock Exchange

Reuters reporting that according to a witness protesters have entered the Euronext building in Paris, which holds the Paris stock exchange. Protests against the gov'ts now-approved pension reforms continue, with today (20 Apr) and Friday 28 April having been called as strike days by the main leftist CGT trade federation. A major day of strike action and protest is likely on 1 May, with unions calling for an 'exceptional mobilisation' on the bank holiday associated in many European nations with the labour movement.

• Refuse collectors in Paris remain on a renewable strike, with the CGT union calling for the streets to be made 'a public landfill'according to Connexion France.
• The 1 May protests are likely to roll over towards 3 May, when the Constitutional Council makes a second ruling on whether a public referendum should be held on the pension reforms. The Council rejected the first request for a referendum when delivering the initial ruling approving the reforms.