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French railway workers demonstrate on June 12, 2018 on the streets of the city of Lyon on the 15th day of rolling train strikes which began in April in France against the government's planned reforms of the state owned railway SCNF. - In launching his plan to overhaul France's heavily-indebted state rail operator SNCF earlier this year, President Emmanuel Macron knew he was taking aim at a bastion of labour unions which have long defied a range of government reform efforts. The final text of the SNCF reform, which the government says is needed to cut costs and improve flexibility ahead of the opening of the EU passenger rail market to competition, was approved by lawmakers on June 11, 2018. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP) (Photo credit should read JEFF PACHOUD/AFP via Getty Images)