French Unions Plan Another Series of Protests to Thwart Macron from Raising Retirement Age
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French Unions Plan Another Series of Protests to Thwart Macron from Raising Retirement Age

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French unions will stage on Tuesday a 14th day of protests against government plans to raise the retirement age to 64, in what could be a final attempt to pressure lawmakers into scrapping a law that is already on the statute books. President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to force the reform through with special constitutional powers prompted angry protests this spring, but the issue has slowly moved down the media agenda, making it harder for unions to mobilise. “Protests have been going on for six months, it’s unprecedented,” Sophie Binet, the new leader of the hardline CGT union said on BFM TV. “I’m not sure there’ll be other protests afterwards,” Jean-Claude Mailly, the former leader of the FO union said. “So it’s a way to mark the occasion.” The unions, which have kept a rare united front during the whole pension episode, are holding the nationwide strike just two days before an opposition- The provision is expected to be rejected by the lower house’s speaker, a member of Macron’s party, because under the French constitution, lawmakers can’t pass legislation that weighs on public finances without measures to offset those costs.

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