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Since a few days ago, France faces a day of protests against pension reform promoted by President Emmanuel Macron, whom they accuse of turning their backs on the citizenry and not looking out for their interests. Due to the social unrest, the protesters lit a bonfire where they put cardboard images of the French president […]
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New day of protests in France against the pension reform
The protests multiplied on Saturday in France against the pension reform imposed by decree by the liberal president Emmanuel Macronin a climate of growing political and social tension. The authorities prohibited the concentrations in the Place de la Concorde in Paris, located in front of the Parliament, after two nights of demonstrations that led to […]
New protests and motions of no confidence in France against pension reform | VIDEOS
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The battle against the unpopular pension reform intensified this Friday in France after its controversial adoption by decree, with an increase in protest actions and the presentation of two motions of censure against the government. With the Paris ring road cut for half an hour, high schools blocked, 10,000 tons of garbage accumulated in the […]
France: clashes in protests against the change of the pension system | PHOTOS
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For the second day in a row, France is the scene of violent protests. The reason? President Emmanuel Macron seeks to raise the retirement age without a vote in the National Assembly. Just one day after Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne invoked a special constitutional power to circumvent a vote in the chaotic lower house, lawmakers […]
Paris accumulates 10,000 tons of garbage in its streets for protest
Ten thousand tons of garbage accumulated this Friday in the streets of Parisin the context of a strike by garbage collectors against the liberal president’s unpopular pension reform Emmanuel Macronindicated the mayor’s office. The new estimate, up from 7,600 tons earlier in the week, comes after Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said the requisitions of strikers […]
Macron imposes his pension reform in France without the vote of the deputies
President French, Emmanuel Macrondecided this Thursday to adopt his unpopular pension reform without the vote of the deputies, risking the fall of the government of his prime minister in a motion of no confidence and an upsurge in protests. “We cannot place bets on the future of our pensions”, said the Prime Minister, Élisabeth Borne, […]
France revises February inflation upwards to 6.3%
The inflation stood in February at France by 6.3% year-on-year, driven by the rise in food prices, the Insee statistics office said on Wednesday, revising its previous forecast upwards by one tenth. “This rise in inflation is due to the acceleration of food prices, which grew by 14.8% year-on-year [tras un 13.3% en enero]”, reads […]
French Senate approves Macron’s pension reform after days of protests
The Senate French has approved this Saturday, with 195 votes in favor and 112 against, the unpopular pension reform plan of the president Emmanuel Macrona bill whose key measure is to delay the retirement age by two years, to 64 years. The upper house of the French Parliament voted on the text after a seventh […]
Pension reform marks Women’s Day protests in France
Some 200 demonstrations are planned in France for him International Women’s Rights Day150 more than in 2022, a day that, in addition to the classic feminist slogans, also includes the rejection of the pension reform, since it is considered that it affects women doubly. The organization Greve Feministe (Feminist Strike) classify the day ashistorical” on […]
Macron will go to China in April and welcomes effort on the conflict in Ukraine
President French, Emmanuel Macronannounced on Saturday that he will travel to China “in early April” and called Beijing to “help put pressure on Russia” for “stop the aggression” to Ukraine and “build peace”. “The fact that China is committed to peace efforts is very good,” highlighted the French president, the day after China published a […]