the liberal president Emmanuel Macron assured this Monday to hear the “gonna” in France against his unpopular pension reform, but stressed that it was “necessary” and that it will come into force, in a speech that according to the opposition was “disconnected from reality”. “No one can stay deaf” this “gonna” of the protesters, Macron […]
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Macron enacts his unpopular pension reform in France despite protests
The French President, Emmanuel Macronenacted early Saturday morning his unpopular pension reform, a “provocation” for the unions and the opposition after three months of a social conflict that is bound to continue. “A law promulgated at night, like thieves”reacted the communist leader, Fabien Roussel. “What a provocation! New bluff by Emmanuel Macron as the country […]
France experiences last protests before key decision on pension reform
The French began demonstrating again on Thursday against Liberal President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular pension reform, in a last-ditch push a day before the decisive decision by the Constitutional Council. “We want to put pressure on them, although we know that the Constitutional Council will not go in our favor”, said Hervé Bordereau, 57, during the […]
Macron says Europe should not follow US or Chinese policy on Taiwan
The French President, Emmanuel Macron, He said in comments published on Sunday that Europe had no interest in an acceleration of the crisis on Taiwan and that it should pursue a strategy independent of both Washington Like from Beijing. Macron has just returned from a three-day state visit to Chinawhere he received a warm welcome […]
It is urgent to postpone retirement to maintain the economically active population, affirms BM in support of Macron
Given a longer life expectancy, increasing the retirement age is necessary to maintain the proportion of the economically active population despite aging, recommended Monday the chief economist of the World Bank (WB), Indermit Gill. Taking as an example FranceGill recalled that in that country they “sees a 20-year increase in life expectancy since 1950″. “We […]
Massive protests in France against a firm Macron in his pension reform
Is “as if we didn’t exist”, laments Laurence Briens, one of the hundreds of thousands of people who protested this Thursday against the pension reform of the liberal president Emmanuel Macron, whom the unions accuse of wanting to set the streets on fire. In the absence of official data, the CGT union estimated 800,000 protesters […]
Unions accuse Macron of wanting to discredit the protests
The main French union leaders charged this Thursday against the intention they perceive in the president, Emmanuel Macronto discredit the protests against their pension reform due to the riots that have occurred in some of them, which they consider marginal. The general secretaries of the two large centrals, the CDFT and the CGT, denounced in […]
Alterations in a new night of protests in France
The spontaneous demonstrations that took place this Wednesday in various cities of France for the seventh consecutive night in protest against the pension reform approved last Monday by the French Government have led to new disputes. The high point was once again Paris, where unofficially called demonstrations took place in various parts of the city, […]
Macron says France needs pension changes and will enact them by the end of the year
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 […]
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 […]