Total Energy

Unions have organized strikes across the country against President Emmanuel Macron's intention to implement pension reform.
There were also reports of students blocking schools, while BFM TV showed footage of workers leaving cars on the side of the road near Amiens in northern France, while others blocked access to an industrial area, Reuters reports.

With Turkey pushing the envelope in the Southeastern Mediterranean and specifically in Cyprus' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Nicosia hopes that Ankara's bellicose actions may be best addressed by business factors.

It is hoped that the interests of energy giants which will be drilling there may act as a deterrent.