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 working, especially the middle-class.” The president also vowed to introduce “deep changes” to France’s system of democracy. In a move to counter the yellow vest movement’s portrayal of him as elitist, Macron said he decided to do away with France’s Ecole Nationale d’Administration, the influential college that trains top civil servants and politicians. “They haven’t been quick enough for some, not radical enough, not human enough.” Some activists who have been involved in the yellow vest movement said they were disappointed with Macron’s response to their demands for economic relief for the country’s working classes. Paris region activist Thierry-Paul Valette tweeted after Macron outlined his proposals that the president spoke like “a supreme chief and doesn’t seem to understand that he should show modesty.” Once-prominent yellow vest activist Ingrid Levavasseur, who scaled back her participation amid the movement’s internal divisions and protest violence, told The Associated Press she found Macron’s response “not at all satisfactory.” Levavasseur cautiously welcomed his proposed measures to decentralize decision-making but said the overall plan wasn’t ambitious enough.

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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 …

Macron vows to build back factories, boost France’s economy shaken by pension protests
1 year, 7 months ago

Macron vows to build back factories, boost France’s economy shaken by pension protests

Associated Press  

DUNKIRK, France — Building factories to boost job creation and make France more independent — that’s President Emmanuel Macron’s ambition for the French economy. While Macron woos investors to help “re-industrialize” France and reduce Europe’s dependence on China and the U.S., protesters follow him around the country, banging saucepans to protest economic injustice and his leadership. “France is changing, is …

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 …

Macron’s new pension age overcomes last hurdle amid protests
1 year, 8 months ago

Macron’s new pension age overcomes last hurdle amid protests

LA Times  

Demonstrate gather in Paris on Friday after France’s Constitutional Council approved an unpopular plan to raise the retirement age to 64. 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 …

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 …

Pension protests to bring 'maximum' workers in France after government, union talks fail
1 year, 9 months ago

Pension protests to bring 'maximum' workers in France after government, union talks fail

India Today  

France braced for a new round of nationwide protests and strikes on Thursday after a meeting between the prime minister and labour unions failed to break a political stalemate over a deeply unpopular pension bill making people work for longer. READ | More than 1 million take part in France pension protests, tear gas fired, town hall blazed "After this …

New protests against Macron and his pension bill amid warnings of violence
1 year, 9 months ago

New protests against Macron and his pension bill amid warnings of violence

India Today  

France faces a new nationwide day of strikes and protests on Tuesday after some of the country's worst street violence in years marred rallies over the past week. Protests against President Emmanuel Macron's plans to delay the retirement age by two years to 64 have been largely peaceful so far. But anger has mounted since the government pushed the bill …

Will France’s pension protests turn into another yellow vest movement?
1 year, 9 months ago

Will France’s pension protests turn into another yellow vest movement?

Firstpost  

Angry demonstrators opposing the French government’s pension reforms hit the streets in large numbers on Thursday. Let’s take a look at the protests and whether they are similar to the 2018 yellow vest movement. As per France’s interior ministry, 1,19,000 people protested in Paris, while union leaders say 8,00,000 demonstrators – young, old, professional, unemployed – appeared for the mostly …

Violent French pension protests erupt as 1M demonstrate
1 year, 9 months ago

Violent French pension protests erupt as 1M demonstrate

Associated Press  

PARIS — More than 1 million people demonstrated across France on Thursday against unpopular pension reforms, and violence erupted in some places as unions called for new nationwide strikes and protests next week, coinciding with King Charles III’s planned visit to France. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, visiting police headquarters Thursday night as fires still burned in some Paris neighborhoods, gave …

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 wants French pension plan implemented by end of year
1 year, 9 months ago

Macron wants French pension plan implemented by end of year

Associated Press  

PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron is stubbornly resisting growing discontent on the streets of France, saying on Wednesday that the pension bill he pushed through without a vote in parliament to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 must be implemented by the end of the year. It’s as though “there’s a well lit fire and he is pouring …

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, …

Police clash with pension demonstrators for second night in Paris
1 year, 9 months ago

Police clash with pension demonstrators for second night in Paris

Al Jazeera  

The protests over pension reform are the gravest challenge to President Macron’s authority since 2018 ‘Yellow Vest’ demonstrations. Riot police clashed with protesters for a second night in Paris as demonstrations continued against the government’s plans to raise the French pension age. The growing unrest since the start of the year, which has resulted in a wave of strikes and …

Violent protests in France over Macron’s retirement age push
1 year, 9 months ago

Violent protests in France over Macron’s retirement age push

Associated Press  

PARIS — Angry protesters took to the streets in Paris and other cities for a second day on Friday, trying to pressure lawmakers to bring down French President Emmanuel Macron’s government and doom the unpopular retirement age increase he’s trying to impose without a vote in the National Assembly. A day after Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne invoked a special constitutional …

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 …

Macron’s pension plan advances despite strikes across France
1 year, 9 months ago

Macron’s pension plan advances despite strikes across France

Associated Press  

PARIS — Thousands of people angered over President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the retirement age joined a national strike on Wednesday as a committee of lawmakers advanced the proposal. Unions remained combative late Wednesday, calling on lawmakers to vote against the plan and denouncing the government’s legal shortcuts to move the bill forward as a dangerous “denial of democracy.” …

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 …

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 …

French protests push for withdrawal of Macron’s pension plan
1 year, 9 months ago

French protests push for withdrawal of Macron’s pension plan

Associated Press  

PARIS — Opponents of French President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 staged a new round of protests Saturday to push the government to withdraw the unpopular plan. The leftist union CGT, which typically gives far higher attendance estimates than police, said 300,00 people protested in Paris and more than 1 million around France, …

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 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 …

Macron champions pension plan as key to French economy
1 year, 10 months ago

Macron champions pension plan as key to French economy

Associated Press  

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron advocated Tuesday for his contested plan to increase the pension eligibility age as part of the pro-business policies he has promoted since he took office in 2017, saying people need to work “a little longer” to make the system financially sustainable. Macron visited the Rungis International Market in the southern suburbs of Paris for …

Protests across France to test Macron government's resolve over pension reform
1 year, 10 months ago

Protests across France to test Macron government's resolve over pension reform

Firstpost  

Paris: Thousands of people gathered to take part in demonstrations across France on Saturday as protesters attempt to keep up the pressure on the Emmanuel Macron-led government over its plans to make people work longer before retiring. After three days of nationwide strikes since the beginning of the year, unions are hoping to match a mass turnout from January 19 …

French lawmakers debate Macron’s controversial pension bill
1 year, 11 months ago

French lawmakers debate Macron’s controversial pension bill

Associated Press  

PARIS — France’s parliament on Monday started debating a deeply controversial pension bill aiming to raise the minimum retirement age that’s touched off a wave of strikes and large street demonstrations, with more protests set to come this week. Macron vowed to go ahead with the changes – his second presidential term’s flagship legislation — which he described last week …

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 …

Explained: Why is the French public opposing Emmanuel Macron’s pension plan?
1 year, 11 months ago

Explained: Why is the French public opposing Emmanuel Macron’s pension plan?

Firstpost  

The new changes to France’s pension system will push back the legal retirement age from 62 to 64. France’s eight main workers’ unions are calling on the government to abandon the age measure altogether 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 …

Explained: France’s nationwide strikes over Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms
1 year, 11 months ago

Explained: France’s nationwide strikes over Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms

Firstpost  

It was a terrible Thursday for France. The reason for their anger: Emmanuel Macron’s plans to raise the official retirement age as part of the country’s pension reforms. The reason why France is bracing for massive strikes is President Emmanuel Macron’s new pension reform, one of the planks he was voted into power back in 2017. A demonstrator marches with …

Nationwide strike in France against Macron's pension reform
1 year, 11 months ago

Nationwide strike in France against Macron's pension reform

The Hindu  

Trains will grind to a halt in France on Thursday, classrooms will be shut and businesses disrupted as workers walk off their jobs in an attempt to derail a planned pension reform that would see the retirement age pushed up by two years to 64. The challenge for unions, which are far less powerful in France than they used to …

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 …

Macron urges French to save energy, seeks 10% drop in use
2 years, 4 months ago

Macron urges French to save energy, seeks 10% drop in use

Associated Press  

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is calling for a sharp 10% reduction in the country’s energy use in coming weeks and months to avoid the risk of rationing and cuts this winter, amid tensions with supplier Russia over the war in Ukraine. Russia’s main pipeline carrying natural gas to Germany remains shut down, and the European Commission president says …

France gears up for May Day protests, in first test for newly reelected Macron
2 years, 8 months ago

France gears up for May Day protests, in first test for newly reelected Macron

The Hindu  

Like quite a few on the left, 60-year-old nurse assistant Isabelle-Touria Boumhi says backing either Emmanuel Macron or Marine Le Pen in France's presidential runoff last Sunday would have been choosing "between the plague and cholera." And, in what could foreshadow what a newly re-elected Mr. Macron may expect when he presses ahead with pro-business reforms, including a plan to …

French pension reform architect resigns as strikes drag on
5 years ago

French pension reform architect resigns as strikes drag on

Associated Press  

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron’s government suffered a major blow Monday when the key architect of the pension overhaul resigned over alleged conflicts of interests, on the 12th day of transport strikes against the planned changes. The French presidency said Macron accepted “with regret” the resignation of High Commissioner Jean-Paul Delevoye, a 72-year-old politician who prepared the pension plans …

Paris protests: Tensions rise as yellow vests join wave of demonstrations against retirement reforms
5 years, 1 month ago

Paris protests: Tensions rise as yellow vests join wave of demonstrations against retirement reforms

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. Read our privacy policy Paris police skirmished Saturday with …

France national strike: Tensions rise as millions take to street in protest at Macron’s reforms
5 years, 1 month ago

France national strike: Tensions rise as millions take to street in protest at Macron’s reforms

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. Read our privacy policy Emmanuel Macron faces escalating tensions …

France’s yellow vests: Who they are, what they want, and why
5 years, 8 months ago

France’s yellow vests: Who they are, what they want, and why

Associated Press  

PARIS — Yellow vest protesters remain a force in French politics despite ups and downs in the five months after their movement started. As President Emmanuel Macron announces long-awaited responses to their grievances Thursday, here’s a look at their movement: ___ WHO THEY ARE The movement started among provincial workers camped out at traffic circles to protest a hike in …

France’s yellow vests: Who they are, what they want, and why
5 years, 8 months ago

France’s yellow vests: Who they are, what they want, and why

Associated Press  

PARIS — France’s yellow vest protesters are still a force to be reckoned with as they hold their 23rd straight weekend of demonstrations since the movement started in November. Here’s a look at their movement: ___ WHO THEY ARE The movement started among provincial workers camped out at traffic circles to protest a hike in fuel taxes, sporting the high-visibility …

Macron vowed to fight the populists. Now France’s president is being engulfed by them
5 years, 11 months ago

Macron vowed to fight the populists. Now France’s president is being engulfed by them

CNN  

Paris CNN — When French President Emmanuel Macron won the presidential election in May 2017, beating Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s far-right National Front, the markets heaved a sigh of relief. Having changed the French political landscape with his candidacy, which he ran on the independent ticket “En Marche,” Macron promised to fix Europe, fight climate change, stand …

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