PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 05: A motor scooter has been set ablaze during a rally against the pension overhauls, in Paris, France on December 5, 2019 as part of a nationwide strike. - Trains cancelled, schools closed: France scrambled to make contingency plans on for a huge strike against pension overhauls that poses one of the biggest challenges yet to French President's sweeping reform drive. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 05: A motor scooter has been set ablaze during a rally against the pension overhauls, in Paris, France on December 5, 2019 as part of a nationwide strike. - Trains cancelled, schools closed: France scrambled to make contingency plans on for a huge strike against pension overhauls that poses one of the biggest challenges yet to French President's sweeping reform drive. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 05: Firefighters extinguish a container which has been set ablaze on the sideline of a rally against the pension overhauls, in Paris, France on December 5, 2019 as part of a nationwide strike. - Trains cancelled, schools closed: France scrambled to make contingency plans on for a huge strike against pension overhauls that poses one of the biggest challenges yet to French President's sweeping reform drive. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 05: Firefighters extinguish a container which has been set ablaze on the sideline of a rally against the pension overhauls, in Paris, France on December 5, 2019 as part of a nationwide strike. - Trains cancelled, schools closed: France scrambled to make contingency plans on for a huge strike against pension overhauls that poses one of the biggest challenges yet to French President's sweeping reform drive. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 05: Firefighters extinguish a container which has been set ablaze on the sideline of a rally against the pension overhauls, in Paris, France on December 5, 2019 as part of a nationwide strike. - Trains cancelled, schools closed: France scrambled to make contingency plans on for a huge strike against pension overhauls that poses one of the biggest challenges yet to French President's sweeping reform drive. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 05: Firefighters extinguish a container which has been set ablaze on the sideline of a rally against the pension overhauls, in Paris, France on December 5, 2019 as part of a nationwide strike. - Trains cancelled, schools closed: France scrambled to make contingency plans on for a huge strike against pension overhauls that poses one of the biggest challenges yet to French President's sweeping reform drive. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 05: A motor scooter has been set ablaze during a rally against the pension overhauls, in Paris, France on December 5, 2019 as part of a nationwide strike. - Trains cancelled, schools closed: France scrambled to make contingency plans on for a huge strike against pension overhauls that poses one of the biggest challenges yet to French President's sweeping reform drive. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 05: A motor scooter has been set ablaze during a rally against the pension overhauls, in Paris, France on December 5, 2019 as part of a nationwide strike. - Trains cancelled, schools closed: France scrambled to make contingency plans on for a huge strike against pension overhauls that poses one of the biggest challenges yet to French President's sweeping reform drive. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 05: A container has been set ablaze on the sideline of a rally against the pension overhauls, in Paris, France on December 5, 2019 as part of a nationwide strike. - Trains cancelled, schools closed: France scrambled to make contingency plans on for a huge strike against pension overhauls that poses one of the biggest challenges yet to French President's sweeping reform drive. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 05: Firefighters extinguish a container which has been set ablaze on the sideline of a rally against the pension overhauls, in Paris, France on December 5, 2019 as part of a nationwide strike. - Trains cancelled, schools closed: France scrambled to make contingency plans on for a huge strike against pension overhauls that poses one of the biggest challenges yet to French President's sweeping reform drive. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 05: Firefighters extinguish a container which has been set ablaze on the sideline of a rally against the pension overhauls, in Paris, France on December 5, 2019 as part of a nationwide strike. - Trains cancelled, schools closed: France scrambled to make contingency plans on for a huge strike against pension overhauls that poses one of the biggest challenges yet to French President's sweeping reform drive. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 05: Workers of RATP and SNCF Railway company set up barricades as they attend a general strike over French government's plan to overhaul the country's retirement system, in Paris, France on December 05, 2019. ( Mustafa Yalçın - Anadolu Agency )

PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 05: Workers of RATP and SNCF Railway company set up barricades as they attend a general strike over French government's plan to overhaul the country's retirement system, in Paris, France on December 05, 2019. ( Mustafa Yalçın - Anadolu Agency )

PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 05: Workers of RATP and SNCF Railway company attend a general strike over French government's plan to overhaul the country's retirement system, in Paris, France on December 5, 2019. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 05: People, holding banners, gather during a general strike over French government's plan to overhaul the country's retirement system, in Paris, France on December 5, 2019. ( Mustafa Yalçın - Anadolu Agency )

PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 05: Police officers take security measures outside the Gare Du Nord metro station during a strike of Paris public transports operator RATP and public railways company SNCF employees against French government's plan to overhaul the country's retirement system, as part of a national general strike in Paris on December 5, 2019 ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 05: Police officers take security measures outside the Gare Du Nord metro station during a strike of Paris public transports operator RATP and public railways company SNCF employees against French government's plan to overhaul the country's retirement system, as part of a national general strike in Paris on December 5, 2019 ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 05: Gare Du Nord metro station is seen during a strike of Paris public transports operator RATP and public railways company SNCF employees against French government's plan to overhaul the country's retirement system, as part of a national general strike in Paris on December 5, 2019 ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 05: Gare Du Nord metro station is seen during a strike of Paris public transports operator RATP and public railways company SNCF employees against French government's plan to overhaul the country's retirement system, as part of a national general strike in Paris on December 5, 2019 ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 05: Gare Du Nord metro station is seen during a strike of Paris public transports operator RATP and public railways company SNCF employees against French government's plan to overhaul the country's retirement system, as part of a national general strike in Paris on December 5, 2019 ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 05: Gare Du Nord metro station is seen during a strike of Paris public transports operator RATP and public railways company SNCF employees against French government's plan to overhaul the country's retirement system, as part of a national general strike in Paris on December 5, 2019 ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 05: French people look to the train departure screen during a strike of Paris public transports operator RATP and public railways company SNCF employees against French government's plan to overhaul the country's retirement system, as part of a national general strike in Paris on December 5, 2019 ( Mustafa Yalçın - Anadolu Agency )

PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 05: Saint-Lazare metro station pictured as locked during a strike of Paris public transports operator RATP and public railways company SNCF employees against French government's plan to overhaul the country's retirement system, as part of a national general strike in Paris on December 5, 2019 ( Mustafa Yalçın - Anadolu Agency )