Factbox: Where is France's pension reform strike being felt the hardest?


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  • Friday, 10 Jan 2020

Workers on strike hold CGT labour union placards as they attend a demonstration in Paris during the 36th consecutive day of strike against French government's pensions reform plans in France, January 9, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

PARIS (Reuters) - French trade unions disrupted rail services, cut power generation and brought tens of thousands of demonstrators onto the streets on Thursday in a make-or-break push to force President Emmanuel Macron to abandon his planned pension reform.

Here's how the strike is affecting France:

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