France fights to keep fuel flowing – answers
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- Parisian motorists are blockading fuel depots. the oil workers are doing this
- The government is planning employment reforms. planning pension reforms
- Three of the city’s petrol stations are already dry (out of petrol). one in three in the city
- Most people agree with the strikes. they agree with the protest but not the blockades
- Security forces were sent by the oil companies to unblock three fuel depots. these were sent by the government
- It will be days (a long time) before the site is back to normal. things will be back to normal within days (a short time)
- Strikers know they cannot win. they are determined to force the government to change its plans
- The protesters are worried about their sheep. they state that they are not an ‘army of sheep’ that will agree to whatever the government decides
- All flights were cancelled on Wednesday. up to half were cancelled
- The government has changed the retirement age from 60 to 62. this has not happened yet, it is the current plan and the decision will be made this week