France braces for new pension strikes, mass protests


More strikes are expected in France as workers protest raising the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64. – AFP pic, February 7, 2023.

FRANCE braced for new strikes and mass demonstrations against a deeply unpopular pensions overhaul today, a day after lawmakers started debating the contested bill.

President Emmanuel Macron made the reform the heart of his re-election campaign last year, and is determined to implement it despite fierce opposition from the political left and unions, but also the wider public.


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