msnbc.com - French students protest over retirement reform
MSNBC reports: "French students blockaded more high schools and universities Thursday, as the third straight day of nationwide strikes over the government's retirement reforms snarled train travel and sent a renewed challenge to President Nicolas Sarkozy."

Comment: This is just the first wave, we should expect this kind of unrest to spread to the rest of Europe as they react to the need to rein in their welfare state programs to cope with the global recession.