France on Thursday braced for another day of protests and strikes to denounce President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform after talks between the government and unions ended in deadlock. | AFP
Protesters, including some raising their fists, attend a demonstration in support to victims of police brutality, after events in Sainte-Soline and in pension protests, in Nantes, western France, on March 30, 2023. French police have been strongly criticized by rights groups for heavy-handed reaction to anti-government protests over the past month.
Macron, currently out of the country on a visit to China, is facing the biggest challenge of his second term over his flagship pension overhaul, which includes hiking the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64.Protests descended into violent unrest after Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on March 16 invoked a controversial executive power to ram the bill through parliament without a vote.
It was the first such gathering between the two sides since the government presented the contentious pensions bill in January. Meanwhile, the Paris metro system is for the first time on a strike day expected to be working with minimal disruption, according to operator RATP.“We have to continue mobilising until the end, until the government understands there is no way out other than withdrawing this reform,” she said.Just 20 percent of school teachers are expected to strike on Thursday, the Snuipp-FSU union said.
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