French CGT labour union leader Philippe Martinez attends a meeting with French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe at the Hotel Matignon in Paris as France faces its 37th consecutive day of strikes against French government's pensions reform plans, January 10, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/Pool
PARIS (Reuters) - Negotiations between the French government and trade unions failed to break the deadlock over pension reform on Friday as both sides stood firm ahead of a fifth day of nationwide protests.
With a public transport strike into its 37th day, President Emmanuel Macron's centrist government defied unions on Friday with a draft pension reform bill that included a contested clause on raising the retirement age by two years to 64.
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