French unions call for further strikes over pension reform

STORY: French unions call for further strikes over pension reformDATELINE: Feb. 1, 2023LENGTH: 00:03:55LOCATION: ParisCATEGORY: ECONOMYSHOTLIST:1. various of people on streets2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): KATELL, Student3. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): FREDERIC, Frederic, Teacher4. SOUNDBITE 3 (French): PIERRE, Chemist5. various of people on streetsSTORYLINE:French unions on Tuesday called for two more days of strike action on Feb. 7 and 11, to try to force the government to retract its pension reform plan announced earlier this month. The French Interior Ministry said that more than 1.2 million people took to the streets across France on Tuesday, to express their anger against the controversial reform that will force employees to work until they are 64.However, the CGT, France's largest union, said that 2.8 million people marched on Tuesday during the second day of general mobilization. In the country's major cities, local authorities also registered more demonstrators than on Jan. 19. In Marseil

Natural gas supply situation "critical" in Europe as winter approaches, says Spanish expert

STORY: Natural gas supply situation "critical" in Europe as winter approaches, says Spanish expert DATELINE: Oct. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:04 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Port of Barcelona with gas facilities and the regasification plant on the background (courtesy of Enagas company) 2. various of the regasification plant, gas tanks and ships in the Port of Barcelona (courtesy of Enagas company) 3. various of the regasification plant at the Port of Huelva in the south of Spain (courtesy of Enagas company) 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): ANTONIO TURIEL, Energy expert and senior researcher at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) 5. various of gas ships at the Port of Huelva 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): ANTONIO TURIEL, Energy expert and senior researcher at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) 7. various of gas ships, plants and gas facilities (courtesy of Enagas company) 8. various of the agreement for the submarine gas pipeline from Barcelona to Marseil