Monday, March 27, 2023

Protests In France Against Macron’s Pension Reforms Escalate

 

France 24: Macron holds crisis meeting as more France protests loom 

French President Emmanuel Macron summoned government ministers for a crisis meeting on Monday, as tensions ran high a day before another major round of strikes and protests against his pension reforms. 

Nearly two weeks after Macron rammed the new law through parliament using a special provision sidestepping any vote, unions have vowed no let-up in mass protests to get the government to back down. 

They have called for another big day of action on Tuesday, the 10th such mobilisation since protests started in mid-January against the controversial law, which includes raising the retirement age to 64 from 62.

Macron, whose approval ratings in opinion polls are at a low point, said last week he accepted the "unpopularity" that came with the reform. 

Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, meanwhile, said that while there was no plan to drop the legislation, she was ready for fresh dialogue with unions.  

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Update #1: Protests in France against Macron’s pension reforms escalate as police use 4,000 nonlethal dispersion grenades (FOX News)  

Update #2: French PM Borne reaches out to opposition, unions ahead of new protests (France 24)

 WNU Editor: You do have your surreal moments (see video below).

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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousMarch 27, 2023 at 1:54 PM

    Huge turnouts in Israel, Germany, France. Is there some underlying cause, issue, perspective that can help us to understand this unrest?

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