France’s prime minister vowed on Saturday to “go to the end” in his confrontation over labour reforms with a hard-left union that is threatening to disrupt the Euro 2016 football tournament. With a resolve that previous leaders have often lacked while trying to modernise the economy, Manuel Valls pledged to defeat the strikers’ blockade of fuel depots and refineries. Mr Valls told a crisis meeting of fuel and transport industry representatives that he would back their efforts to replenish petrol stations. A third of pumps have run dry across France. "My responsibility as head of government is to take action so that ... (full story)