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Paris: French commuters faced fresh misery yesterday but transport unions offered a glimmer of hope that they could end a six-day strike over pension reforms.
The unions voted yesterday over the strike action, after agreeing on Sunday to reopen talks on government plans to do away with pension privileges.
Still, most unions have so far stopped short of formally recommending an end to the strike, and while more trains were operating yesterday, few expect any return to normal until after a separate protest by public sector workers today.
"You can't decree an end to the crisis. But my role as a responsible trade unionist is to look for conditions [for a resolution]," Didier Le Reste, head of the rail division of the CGT union, told Le Parisien daily.
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