President French, Emmanuel Macronsaid Wednesday that a deeply unpopular new law raising the age of retirement is necessary and will enter into force at the end of the year. “Do you think I enjoy doing this reform? No”, Macron said in a rare television interview. “But there are not a hundred ways to balance the […]
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Macron will speak on Wednesday after the adoption of the pension reform
french president Emmanuel Macron He will speak in a live interview on French television on Wednesday, following the adoption of the unpopular pension law on Monday, which sparked spontaneous protests in several cities, the presidency announced. Macron will be interviewed by journalists from private television TF1 and France 2 public television on Wednesday at 1:00 […]
French government survives motion of no confidence, but faces more challenges
The President’s Government Emmanuel Macron survived a Monday motion of censure in the National Assembly after he bypassed the lower house to push through a deeply unpopular overhaul of the pension system that will push back the age of retirement. Some 278 deputies voted in favor of a tripartite motion of no confidence, just short […]
Why does Macron have so many problems with his pension reform?
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President Emmanuel Macron is facing the toughest challenge to his authority after his government bypassed the lower house to push through a deeply unpopular pension reform bill that would raise the retirement age. Here’s why: What changes does Macron want to introduce in the pension system? The law delays the retirement age by two years, […]
Violence in France: what is known about the protests over the pension reform promoted by Macron
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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 […]
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, […]