Protesters blocked a highway near Toulouse and bus depot in Rennes, Le Parisien newspaper said. Rallies were scheduled across country later in the day.
Advisers indicated the televised interview would not contain any major policy announcements neither a government reshuffle nor snap elections are on the cards.
If the vote had succeeded, it would have sunk French President Emmanuel Macron's govt & killed the legislation, which is set to raise the retirement age by two years to 64.
Most oil refineries were blocked & power production reduced in France Tuesday as unions organised a sixth day of nationwide strikes against reform raising pension age to 64 & other measures.
Praising Zelenskyy for his 'courage and commitment', the French president conferred his Ukrainian counterpart, who is in Paris, with the Legion of Honour.
Macron emphasised on the urgent need for all sovereign states to come together & face challenges collectively. Last week, Modi had told Vladimir Putin that 'today’s era is not of war'.
The 44-year-old centrist will face difficulties passing legislation on issues such as retirement age and tax reforms after he failed to meet the 289-seat threshold.
If Macron loses control of the National Assembly in June, he may be forced into an uneasy co-habitation that will limit his policy options. He knows that.
RJD, once a prominent representative of Mandal politics, now finds itself in a political era where welfare, good governance, and new aspirations are overshadowing old caste equations.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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