French strikes lose momentum, debris workers back

PARIS - French oil workers defied the government Monday to demand back to work and end fuel shortages, intensified its fight against President Nicolas Sarkozy in the retirement reforms, such as young people confronted police and truckers against the protests. Airlines, meanwhile was said to dramatically reduce their flights in France on Tuesday when the next national demonstrations are planned, and serious disruption to air travel, public transport, schools and other facilitiesexpected. Strikers have increased a dozen French refineries and several oil depots in the last week as part of widespread protests against Sarkozy's plan, the retirement age to 62, the French Senate on Tuesday blocked debate. Anxious motorists flocked to gas stations in panic and found many empty while aviation authorities told short-haul aircraft from other European destinations, bring enough fuel to return. Striking workers piled tires and set them on fireMonday before a refinery in Grandpuits, east of Paris, after authorities issued a legal order that some strikers open the attachment again. Workers said they would refuse, as curls blown by heavy black smoke into the air. Other staff and residents formed a "human chain" to prevent the refinery workers from entering the plant, and union leaders said they expected the police to intervene. Dozens of oil tankers in the Mediterranean remained stuck, anchored off Marseille two oil...



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