Trade unions back on streets but French pension fight shifts to parliament

France's hard-left unions on Thursday brought workers back onto the streets...

PARIS - France’s hard-left unions on Thursday brought workers back onto the streets in protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform, but numbers were low as the fight to derail the project shifted to parliament.

Macron’s ruling party says the amendments are a deliberate bid to stall the bill’s passage through parliament, and some Macron loyalists say it increases the likelihood the government will have to force the bill through by decree. Talks between unions, employers and the government to find an alternative way to balance the budget are taking place in parallel to the parliamentary debate, but with two weeks left to find a deal, there is little sign of a breakthrough.

The president says the existing schemes deter job mobility and that reform is central to his drive to create a more flexible labor market.

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