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France's Macron to hold meeting on pensions as strike bites

The strikes could prove to be the biggest domestic challenge yet for Macron. [Photo: AFP]

French President Emmanuel Macron will on Sunday meet ministers involved in his radical pension reform which has prompted a nationwide strike and brought key transport services to a standstill.

Transport in Paris remained paralysed Sunday, with only the two driverless lines of the Metro in operation while national rail operator SNCF warned just one in six high-speed trains would be running.

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