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The French nationwide strike over proposed pension reform (Macron is seeking to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64; the French say "non") which we profiled last week, interrupted on Tuesday the shipment of fuels from refineries and a fuel depot of TotalEnergies, the French supermajor told Reuters.

Workers and employees in various sectors, including the energy sector, civil servants, and teachers, have been staging strikes for weeks to protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the retirement age.   Workers at…