France braces for more protests this weekend after a second night of unrest sparked by President Emmanuel Macron's decision to impose an unpopular pension overhaul without a parliament vote
Unions are calling for protests over the weekend ahead of another day of coordinated nationwide strikes and rallies against the bill next Thursday.
Macron's government on Thursday invoked a controversial executive power to force through the bill by decree, something that is legal under France's constitution. They hope to garner enough support to topple the cabinet and repeal the law to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. Opinion polls have shown around two-thirds of French people oppose the reform, which is also to require people to work longer for a full pension.Protests since mid-January have garnered some of the largest crowds in decades, but the popular movement seemed to be starting to wane in the days before the government imposed the bill.
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