The European Parliament is fearing fresh demonstrations by dock workers today (17 January), as the bill on liberalising port services is to be debated in the Strasbourg plenary.
According to parliament officials, over 6,000 demonstrators took to the streets at the French site of the EU legislature on Monday (16 January), while the docker's union representatives claimed that between 8,000 to 10,000 protesters attended the march.
Twelve policemen were injured, one of them seriously,...
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