Sarkozy Vows to Deliver Fuel as Unions Extend Pension Protests
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President Nicolas Sarkozy deployed police to keep fuel supplies flowing as protests against his plan to raise the retirement age shuttered refineries.
“I have ordered blockades to be lifted at all fuel depots so we can get back to normal,” Sarkozy said in a statement today. “If they don’t end soon, this chaos could paralyze the country and affect jobs as well as hurting economic activity.”