DEAUVILLE, France, Oct 18 (Reuters) - An unpopular reform of France's pension system will go through, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday, despite months of protests and a refinery strike that has caused fuel shortages.
"The reform is essential and France is committed to it and will go ahead with it, just as our German partners did," Sarkozy told journalists during a summit in the northern French city of Deauville.
(Reporting by John Irish; Editing by Michael Roddy)