French Senate Approves Macron's Pensions Reform as Protests Appear to Lose Steam
1 year, 9 months ago

French Senate Approves Macron's Pensions Reform as Protests Appear to Lose Steam

News 18  

France’s Senate voted late Saturday to approve a deeply unpopular reform to the country’s pension system, hours after demonstrators took to the streets to oppose the cornerstone policy of President Emmanuel Macron’s second term in office. “An important step was taken this evening with a broad vote on the pension reform text in the Senate,” Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne told AFP after the vote, adding that she believed the government had a parliamentary majority to get the reforms passed into law. Unions, which have fiercely opposed the measures, still hoped on Saturday to force Macron to back down, though the day’s protests against the reform were far smaller than some previous ones. “I’m here to fight for my colleagues and for our young people,” said Claude Jeanvoine, 63, a retired train driver demonstrating in Strasbourg, in eastern France.

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France's Macron to host party leaders in quest for new govt
4 weeks, 2 days ago

France's Macron to host party leaders in quest for new govt

Raw Story  

French party leaders will gather at President Emmanuel Macron's Elysee Palace office Tuesday in a bid to chart a route towards a new government, days after Prime Minister Michel Barnier was toppled in a confidence vote. "We will not participate in a government of 'national interest' with the Republicans or Macronists or whoever," Greens party leader Marine Tondelier said Monday …

French trade union boss hints at protests during Olympics if left kept from power
5 months, 4 weeks ago

French trade union boss hints at protests during Olympics if left kept from power

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Breaking his silence since the New Popular Front grouping …

France’s Macron aims to push economic and immigration reforms despite political challenges
1 year, 4 months ago

France’s Macron aims to push economic and immigration reforms despite political challenges

Associated Press  

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to make key economic, immigration and education reforms despite France’s divisions and political challenges that have included months of protests against pension changes and recent rioting over a teen killed by police. Macron said in a wide-ranging interview with Le Point magazine published Thursday that he will meet next week with the country’s …

French pension reform opponents fail to pass repeal bill
1 year, 7 months ago

French pension reform opponents fail to pass repeal bill

Associated Press  

Opponents of French President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform failed on Thursday to pass a repeal bill, in their latest effort to maintain the retirement age at 62. Macron’s centrist party doesn’t have a majority in the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, but it allied with some Republican lawmakers to push back the opposition’s efforts. Marine Le Pen, the …

French constitutional body rejects pension referendum call
1 year, 8 months ago

French constitutional body rejects pension referendum call

Associated Press  

PARIS — France’s top constitutional body rejected on Wednesday a last-ditch effort by opposition lawmakers to undo President Emmanuel Macron’s law to raise the retirement age to 64, deeming that a proposed bill doesn’t meet the needed criteria. It was the second time that the Constitutional Council has rejected the plan to restore the retirement age to 62, notably via …

Macron says he hears France’s anger, but defends pension law
1 year, 8 months ago

Macron says he hears France’s anger, but defends pension law

Associated Press  

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that he heard people’s anger over raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, but insisted that it was needed to keep the pension system afloat as the population ages. In many cities, opponents to the pension law took to the streets to bang pots and pans during Macron’s televised address to …

Macron’s unpopular pension plan enacted into French law
1 year, 8 months ago

Macron’s unpopular pension plan enacted into French law

Associated Press  

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular plan to raise France’s retirement age from 62 to 64 was enacted into law Saturday, the day after the country’s constitutional body approved the change. On Friday, the Constitutional Council rejected some parts of the government’s pension legislation but approved the higher minimum retirement age, which was central to Macron’s plan and the …

Macron signs France pension reform into law despite protests
1 year, 8 months ago

Macron signs France pension reform into law despite protests

The Hindu  

French President Emmanuel Macron signed his controversial pension reform into law Saturday, defying three months of protests and pleas from unions not to implement the legislation. Socialist leader Olivier Faure said that Macron's swift signing of the law showed "disdain" towards the protest movement while hard-left MP Francois Ruffin called it a "democratic hold-up". Mr. Macron has called the change …

France’s Constitutional Council approves Macron's new pension reform amid protests
1 year, 8 months ago

France’s Constitutional Council approves Macron's new pension reform amid protests

The Hindu  

France’s Constitutional Council on Friday approved an unpopular plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 in a victory for President Emmanuel Macron after months of mass protests that have damaged his leadership. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said Friday's decision “marks the end of the institutional and democratic path of this reform,” adding that there was “no victor" …

France's Macron signs controversial pension reform into law
1 year, 8 months ago

France's Macron signs controversial pension reform into law

ABC  

French President Emmanuel Macron has signed into law a controversial bill to raise the country's retirement age by two years, the government's official journal showed on Saturday, as unions vow to oppose the controversial changes including raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. Key points: The nine-member Constitutional Council ruled in favour of key provisions of the reform, including …

Emmanuel Macron receives court all-clear to raise French retirement age, but protesters vow to fight on
1 year, 8 months ago

Emmanuel Macron receives court all-clear to raise French retirement age, but protesters vow to fight on

ABC  

Emmanuel Macron's pension overhaul has passed its final hurdle – but protesters say they won't accept it. France's constitutional court made its decision on Friday evening, ruling in full that the Macron government's reforms were legal. How Macron won a risky gambit Emmanuel Macron promised to reform France's pension system during his successful presidential campaign last year, but his government …

France’s President Emmanuel Macron weakened but unbowed after pension reform battle
1 year, 8 months ago

France’s President Emmanuel Macron weakened but unbowed after pension reform battle

Firstpost  

The French Constitutional Court declared on Friday that the law to raise the retirement age by two years to 64 was in accordance with the basic charter of the French Republic, despite Macron’s dismal approval ratings and widespread opposition to his pension reform Paris: President Emmanuel Macron was being his usual belligerent self hours before France’s highest court gave his …

French court approves Macron’s plan to raise retirement age
1 year, 8 months ago

French court approves Macron’s plan to raise retirement age

Al Jazeera  

France’s constitutional court has approved the key elements of President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms, triggering new nationwide protests against the plan. “Stay the course, that’s my motto,” Macron said on Friday as he inspected restoration efforts at the Notre Dame cathedral, four years after a devastating fire gutted the Gothic masterpiece. Far-right Rassemblement National figurehead Marine Le Pen added that …

Anger at Macron mounts as French unions hold new protests
1 year, 9 months ago

Anger at Macron mounts as French unions hold new protests

The Hindu  

Large crowds in Paris and other French cities took to the streets in the first mass demonstrations since President Emmanuel Macron inflamed public anger by forcing a higher retirement age bill through parliament without a vote. Violence has intensified in recent days at small, scattered protests against the pension reform and Macron’s leadership — in contrast with the largely peaceful …

French President Macron pushes pension reform as protests escalate
1 year, 9 months ago

French President Macron pushes pension reform as protests escalate

India Today  

French President Emmanuel Macron drew an angry response from unions and opposition parties on Wednesday when he said he would press on with plans to raise the pension age, rejecting calls for a U-turn in response to growing public anger. Unions said a ninth nationwide day of protests and strikes on Thursday would draw huge crowds against what they described …

Macron breaks silence in bid to defuse pensions crisis
1 year, 9 months ago

Macron breaks silence in bid to defuse pensions crisis

The Hindu  

French President Emmanuel Macron is to make on Wednesday his first public comments on the crisis sparked by his government forcing through a pensions overhaul, which has sparked violent protests and questions over his ability to bring about further change. Borne invoked article 49.3 after failing to muster a parliamentary majority for the reform in the Assembly, a consequence of …

Explained | Why is France seeing widespread protests over Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms?
1 year, 9 months ago

Explained | Why is France seeing widespread protests over Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Protesters on Friday, March 17, clashed with the police at the Place de la Concorde in Paris, near the National Assembly building amid growing unrest over the ruling government’s decision to change the state pension age from 62 to 64, meaning people would have to work longer to get a full state pension. But on Thursday, …

Macron’s leadership at risk amid tensions over pension plan
1 year, 9 months ago

Macron’s leadership at risk amid tensions over pension plan

Associated Press  

PARIS — A parody photo appearing on protest signs and online in France shows President Emmanuel Macron sitting on piles of garbage. Demonstrators hoisted the parody photo at protests after Macron chose at the last minute Thursday to invoke the government’s constitutional power to pass the bill without a vote at the National Assembly. Perceived as “the president of the …

Protests, strikes in France amid anger at Macron’s pension reform
1 year, 9 months ago

Protests, strikes in France amid anger at Macron’s pension reform

Al Jazeera  

Protesters, police clash in Paris for a third night amid widespread anger over Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms. Protesters and police in the French capital, Paris, have clashed for a third night as thousands took to the streets across the country and workers at refineries went on strike to oppose the government’s decision to raise the state pension age without a …

Protests erupt in France over Macron’s retirement age push
1 year, 9 months ago

Protests erupt in France over Macron’s retirement age push

The Hindu  

Protesters disrupted traffic in Paris on Friday as angry critics, political opponents and labor unions around France blasted President Emmanuel Macron's decision to force a bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 through parliament without a vote. Borne on Thursday to make use of a special constitutional power to push the highly unpopular pension bill through without a …

Anger spreads in France over Macron's retirement bill push
1 year, 9 months ago

Anger spreads in France over Macron's retirement bill push

The Independent  

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France’s Macron risks his government to raise retirement age
1 year, 9 months ago

France’s Macron risks his government to raise retirement age

Associated Press  

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron ordered his prime minister to wield a special constitutional power Thursday that skirts parliament to force through a highly unpopular bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 without a vote. Marine Le Pen said her far-right National Rally party would file a no-confidence motion, and Communist lawmaker Fabien Roussel said such a …

French rioters threaten home of President Macron as he faces motions of no confidence
1 year, 9 months ago

French rioters threaten home of President Macron as he faces motions of no confidence

Daily Mail  

Marine Le Pen said afterwards that it was a 'total failure for the government' Trade unions had warned that the move would risk radicalising opponents Rioters threatened the home of French president Emmanuel Macron after he bypassed parliament to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. French police face protesters as clashes erupt on Place de la Concorde square, …

Decisive day for Macron's pension gamble in tense France
1 year, 9 months ago

Decisive day for Macron's pension gamble in tense France

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy France’s standoff over a bill raising the retirement age heads …

Emmanuel Macron seeks French pension reform support as strikes run on
1 year, 9 months ago

Emmanuel Macron seeks French pension reform support as strikes run on

India Today  

Strikes blocking fuel deliveries from French refineries ran into a sixth day on Monday, piling further pressure on President Emmanuel Macron as he races to shore up support for unpopular pension reforms in a final parliamentary vote. To avoid further fuelling anger among the French population, who are overwhelmingly opposed to the pension reform, Macron's government hopes to avoid resorting …

Macron faces crucial test amid anger over his pension plan
1 year, 9 months ago

Macron faces crucial test amid anger over his pension plan

Associated Press  

PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron is facing a crucial test this week as the battle over his unpopular plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 is set to reach a peak in the streets and at parliament, deepening a widely shared feeling that he doesn’t hear the grievances of the French. In a letter last week to …

French Senate approves pension bill despite street protests
1 year, 9 months ago

French Senate approves pension bill despite street protests

The Hindu  

A contentious bill that would raise the retirement age in France from 62 to 64 got a push forward with the Senate’s adoption of the measure amid strikes, protests and uncollected garbage piling higher by the day. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne tweeted late March 11 evening after the 195-112 vote that she looks forward to the bill’s definitive passage, …

French Senate approves pensions reform as protests appear to lose steam
1 year, 9 months ago

French Senate approves pensions reform as protests appear to lose steam

Firstpost  

Senators passed the reforms by 195 votes to 112, bringing the package another step closer to becoming law Paris, France: France’s Senate voted late Saturday to approve a deeply unpopular reform to the country’s pension system, hours after demonstrators took to the streets to oppose the cornerstone policy of President Emmanuel Macron’s second term in office. “An important step was …

French Senate approves Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms despite raging protests
1 year, 9 months ago

French Senate approves Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms despite raging protests

India Today  

France's Senate voted late Saturday to approve a deeply unpopular reform to the country's pension system, hours after demonstrators took to the streets to oppose the cornerstone policy of President Emmanuel Macron's second term in office. "An important step was taken this evening with a broad vote on the pension reform text in the Senate," Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne told …

Macron insists pension reform is needed, despite protests
1 year, 9 months ago

Macron insists pension reform is needed, despite protests

Associated Press  

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron insisted on the need for raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 in order to make the French pension system financially sustainable in the coming years, in a letter to workers’ unions released Friday. According to the letter provided by the president’s office, Macron said he made the choice to “make the French …

French Senate votes raising retirement age to 64
1 year, 10 months ago

French Senate votes raising retirement age to 64

The Hindu  

French senators early on March 9 voted in favour of raising the legal retirement age to 64 from 62, a first win for President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform plans which have sparked protests and strikes across the country. Two hundred and one members of the Senate, dominated by the conservative Les Republicans party, voted in favour of the reform's flagship …

French strikers renew pressure on Macron to ax pension plan
1 year, 10 months ago

French strikers renew pressure on Macron to ax pension plan

Associated Press  

PARIS — Tens of thousands of people marched in Paris and other cities across the country Wednesday to denounce the government’s pension plan as unfair to female workers, in demonstrations meant to coincide with International Women’s Day. The show of anger against President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 is set to continue in …

French senators to start debating contested pension plan
1 year, 10 months ago

French senators to start debating contested pension plan

The Independent  

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French parliament to debate Macron's pension reform bill
1 year, 11 months ago

French parliament to debate Macron's pension reform bill

The Independent  

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Unions buoyant as 1.27 million French protest pension reform
1 year, 11 months ago

Unions buoyant as 1.27 million French protest pension reform

Associated Press  

PARIS — An estimated 1.27 million people took to the streets of French cities, towns and villages Tuesday, according to the Interior Ministry, in new massive protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to raise the retirement age by two years. “In the face of massive rejection, the government must withdraw its reform,” said Patricia Drevon of the Workers’ Force union, …

France sees mass strike, protests against Macron's pension reform
1 year, 11 months ago

France sees mass strike, protests against Macron's pension reform

India Today  

Huge crowds marched across France on Tuesday to say "non" to President Emmanuel Macron's plan to make people work longer before retirement, with pressure in the streets intensifying against a government that says it will stand its ground. Opinion polls show a substantial majority of the French oppose increasing the retirement age to 64 from 62, a move Macron says …

Half a million protest in Paris against French President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform
1 year, 11 months ago

Half a million protest in Paris against French President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform

ABC  

French protesters have launched a new push to pressure President Emmanuel Macron into dropping a pension reform plan, with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets and strikes disrupting transport and schools. Key points: A police source said authorities were bracing for up to 1.2 million people to take to the streets nationwide Mr Macron has shown no signs of …

EXPLAINER: Why Macron, French unions at odds over pensions
1 year, 11 months ago

EXPLAINER: Why Macron, French unions at odds over pensions

Associated Press  

PARIS — The French government is presenting a bill on Monday that foresees broad changes to the pension system that will notably push back the legal retirement age from 62 to 64. Those who don’t fulfill the conditions, like many women who interrupted their careers to raise children or those who undertook a long period of study and started working …

French workers, angered by Macron’s pension plan, strike en masse
1 year, 11 months ago

French workers, angered by Macron’s pension plan, strike en masse

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds of thousands walk off in protest against the government’s plan to raise the pension age to 64. “People are against this reform … we need to show it.” While French labour ministry estimates say retirement reform would bring in an additional 17.7bn euros in annual pension contributions, allowing the system to break even by 2027, unions say there are …

Macron postpones France’s pension overhaul denounced by unions
2 years ago

Macron postpones France’s pension overhaul denounced by unions

Al Jazeera  

The French president delays the announcement of his divisive pension reform plans from this week to January. French President Emmanuel Macron is pushing back his presentation of a significant pensions overhaul denounced by labour unions, citing recent leadership changes at two opposition parties. The Greens and the right-wing Republicans have elected new chiefs, and Macron said on Monday he would …

France President Macron Seeks Allies After Poll Upset As Parliament Session Convenes
2 years, 6 months ago

France President Macron Seeks Allies After Poll Upset As Parliament Session Convenes

News 18  

France’s lower house of parliament reopens Tuesday after an election upset for President Emmanuel Macron whose centrist allies are little closer to building a stable majority, putting Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne’s job potentially on the line. Borne and other senior Macron backers have been trying to win over individual right-wing and moderate left parliamentarians to bolster their ranks, with one …

Macron offers tax cut to French workers to quell anger
5 years, 8 months ago

Macron offers tax cut to French workers to quell anger

Associated Press  

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron announced tax cuts for middle-class workers and plans for a more representative parliament Thursday as part of a promised response to the weekly yellow vest protests that damaged his presidency. But he said the “best solution” for financial disparities is “to cut taxes for a maximum number of citizens and especially those who are …

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