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French unions call for mass protests and strike after French retail group Casino announced to be in financial difficulty, saying it is ready to sell stores to competitors. At the group's headquarters in Saint-Etienne, in east-central France, employees are demonstrating the potential dismantling of their store. IMAGES
About a hundred employees demonstrate in front of Veolia's head office in Paris against Veolia's takeover bid for Suez, at the request of the Suez inter-union. Veolia's HR director Jean-Marie Lambert leaves the head office to come and meet them and discuss, which is appreciated by some. IMAGES
In Nantes, employees of troubled French airline Hop!, a subsidiary of Air France, gather to protest against planned job cuts. The details of the plan should be known at an extraordinary Economic and Social Council meeting on Friday. IMAGES
Police watch as farmers makes their goodbyes before leaving the portion of A1 motorway at Chennevieres-les-Louvres, near Paris international airport Roissy Charles de Gaulle, they had blocked off with tractors. IMAGES
Over 1,600 teachers and high school students are demonstrating in the streets of Marseille, south of France, according to police figures. French teachers are striking across the country demanding better pay and work conditions, after being "inflammed" by Education Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera's comments. IMAGES