Four Out Of Six French Refineries To Stop Operations As Strikes Escalate

Four out of France’s six refineries will shut down by Monday, March 20, as strikes escalate after French President Emmanuel Macron pushed through with a controversial pension reform without a vote in Parliament, refinery workers told Argus on Friday.   Earlier this week, Macron pushed to pass the reform without a vote in Parliament under a parliamentary clause known as 49:3. The pension reform proposes to raise the retirement age in France by two years to 64. Macron’s move without a parliamentary vote sparked even more protests…