French unions announce fresh day of strikes after talks with PM Lecornu collapse

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French unions announce fresh day of strikes after talks with PM Lecornu collapse  France's trade unions call for new nationwide strike on 2 October to pile the pressure on new French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/09/24/french-unions-announce-fresh-strike-after-talks-with-pm-lecornu-collapse  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00France's unions have announced a new nationwide strike and protests for October 2nd after

00:06talks with Prime Minister Sébastien Le Cornu collapsed.

00:12Union leaders said the new PM offered no clear answers on workers' demands.

00:17They are pushing him to scrap controversial pension and unemployment reforms, stop cuts

00:23to civil service jobs and drop an austerity budget for next year.

00:28More than 500,000 took part in protests last week, which saw clashes between police and

00:33demonstrators.

00:35Unions claimed the turnout was more than a million.

00:38Le Cornu is under mounting pressure from employers as well as unions.

00:44France's largest business federation, MEDEF, is planning a major rally of its own in Paris

00:49slated to take place on 13 October.

00:53French President Emmanuel Macron defended him on French TV, saying the Prime Minister

00:58is right to take his time in putting a team together.

01:02Time, however, may be running out.

01:04With unions promising a new day of action and employers mobilising, Le Cornu finds himself

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