PARIS, March 19 — People took to the streets across France yesterday after President Emmanuel Macron imposed an unpopular pension overhaul without a parliament vote. Macron’s...
PARIS, March 19 — People took to the streets across France yesterday after President Emmanuel Macron imposed an unpopular pension overhaul without a parliament vote.
The president has made no public comments since the bill to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 was forced through. But thousands of protesters rallied in another part of the capital, some erecting barricades in the street, setting rubbish bins on fire and smashing advertising boards, an AFP journalist saw.
Opinion polls suggest around two-thirds of French people oppose the reform, which will also require people to work longer for a full pension. The motion would need backing from around half the group of opposition right-wing Republicans, a scenario seen as highly improbable.Thousands of people rallied in Place de la Concorde opposite parliament on Friday evening to vent their frustration.
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