The day of May Day was characterized today in various countries by a mixture of purely labor demands, such as the demand for wage increases and greater job stability, with issues of a more political nature as several of them were on the eve of elections. France, a day marked by the pension reform The […]
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French unions will give priority to wage demands
The French unions intend to continue acting to try to annul the pension reform against which they have mobilized for more than three months, but now they are going to give priority to wage demands, which are the main concern of workers. “Wages are a huge problem in France”, stressed the general secretary of the […]
A May 1 protest in France against pension reform
France lived this Monday a May 1 with new massive protests against the pension reform, in a context of concern about inflation, which has caused strikes and demonstrations around the world in recent months. “It’s a great May 1st. It is not the end of the fight, it is the protest of the world of […]
Macron, a year of fall, four of uncertainty
One year after his re-election as French president, Emmanuel Macron He has seen the credit with which he won the elections dissipate almost without campaigning and he faces the remaining four years with his lowest popularity ratings and without a majority in the legislative chambers. The pension reform, approved a month ago at the limit […]
The G7 advocates for more training and inclusion to sustain the labor market
The labor ministers of the countries of the G7 highlighted the importance of applying the lessons learned from the pandemic and bet on better access to continuous training and more inclusion in the labor market for its sustainability. At the end of their two-day meeting in Kurashikiin the west of Japanthe job holders of the […]
G7 ministers meet to improve agricultural security and sustainability
The Ministers of Agriculture of the countries of the G7 started today in the city japanese of Miyazaki (southwest) the first of two days of meetings in which the improvement of food security and agricultural sustainability will be central. The meetings take place at a time marked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, one of […]
Emmanuel Macron sows reconciliation and collects pans
The President’s Reconciliation Campaign French, Emmanuel Macronwith the street he faces the hostility of a part of the population, who has received him with saucepans in a sample of the scars that remain open by the crisis caused by the pension reform. About to mark one year after his re-election, the Élysée tenant needs to […]
Macron defends his pension reform despite the “anger” of the French
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 […]
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: Macron obtains constitutional permission to raise the retirement age
The emblematic reform pensions of the president of FranceEmmanuel Macron, will take effect quickly, officials said on Friday after receiving approval from the Constitutional Council following months of protests and strikes. legislation, which raises the age to collect a pension from 62 to 64, it remains deeply unpopular, and spontaneous protests broke out on Friday […]