STORY: New protests against President Emmanuel Macron's controversial pension reform have started in France. Trains were cancelled, some schools remained closed and, as here in Nantes, demonstrators set garbage cans on fire. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets against the government's measure. And further protest measures have been announced. One of the most controversial points of the reform is raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. Macron defended his plan in a television interview on Wednesday...
07h20: The unions denounce in unison "the contempt" and "the denial" of the head of state"This intervention will stir up anger," said Philippe Martinez on Wednesday, the secretary general of the CGT. Without advancing a number of demonstrators, union officials are again calling for a “massive” mobilization. The FIDL high school student union called for "massive blockades throughout the territory" Thursday and Friday.The police predict "between 600 and 800,000 people on around 320 actions", including 40 to 70,000 in Paris,...
Intervention. Reaction(s). Éric Ciotti estimated that the solutions proposed by Emmanuel Macron during his televised appearance this Wednesday were "not up to the political and economic crisis that we are experiencing". "The failure of the government is primarily that of the head of state who failed to convince the French of the need for such a reform" of pensions, adds the president of the Les Républicains (LR) party.The MP for the Alpes-Maritimes also noted that the immigration bill was "buried...
Emmanuel Macron did not convince the opposition. Left-wing politicians have been criticizing following the intervention of the President of the Republic on Wednesday on TF1 and France 2.Jean-Luc Mélenchon denounced the "traditional marks of contempt" of the head of state, who made "explosive" remarks according to the first secretary of the PS Olivier Faure, and "offensive" for the chief environmentalist Marine Tondelier.Jean-Luc Mélenchon denounces the "arrogance" of Emmanuel Macron"The crowd is to the people what the cry is to the...
comment Status: 03/21/2023 02:29 am Just nine votes were missing to overthrow the French government. The fact that the controversial pension reform is now accepted is at best a Pyrrhic victory for President Macron and the government. A commentary by Carolin Dylla, ARD Studio Paris Emmanuel Macron got his political will. The controversial pension reform has passed Parliament. It is a project that Macron was unable to convince either the population or parliament about and which he therefore pushed through...
Macron's controversial project France: Pension reform passed, government punished French President Emmanuel Macron has reached his goal: the controversial pension reform is officially a done deal. photo © Michel Euler/AP/dpa Macron's controversial pension reform in France has been passed. But the government was punished again. As the opposition draws more weapons, Macron has to think about the future. After the dispute over how the French government should proceed with the pension reform, it survived the opposition's no-confidence motions more narrowly...
France:Macron's government survivesMar 20, 2023 at 7:46 p.mReading time: 3 minsOpen detailed viewCame to overthrow the government: MPs from the left-wing Nupes alliance arrive at the National Assembly on Monday. (Photo: Lewis Joly/AP)The President pushed his pension reform past Parliament. The opposition therefore submitted two motions of no confidence in the government - and only narrowly failed. The law has been passed, but the trouble is not over.From Kathrin Müller-Lance, ParislistenNoticeSplitfeedbackFrench President Emmanuel Macron can breathe easy, at least for...
The political crisis linked to the pension reform continues to weigh on the popularity of Emmanuel Macron. The president's rating even collapsed in March to a lowest since the beginning of 2019 at the end of the "yellow vests" crisis, according to the monthly Ifop barometer published by the Sunday newspaper.The Head of State is 28% satisfied (-4 points) and 70% dissatisfied according to this study carried out between March 9 and 16, i.e. during the negotiations which finally led...
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Status: 03/18/2023 03:48 am In the evening there were again violent demonstrations in several cities against the pension reform in France. Protests have also been announced for the coming days. How is the country doing now? By Stefanie Markert, ARD Studio Paris How did yesterday go? There were demonstrations across the country, for example in Strasbourg, Lille or Evreux. Everywhere there was "action flash" - ie spontaneous actions like in Bordeaux or Toulon, where trade unionists occupied platforms and paralyzed...
