The proclamation of the law in the government’s official journal came hours after France’s Constitutional Council had approved the main pension-age increase in a ruling on Friday
The legislation, which will progressively push up the age for drawing a state pension to 64 from 62, is due to take effect from Sept. 1.
Unions have called workers to turn out in force for marches on Labour Day on May 1. Binet said other actions would take place on April 20 and 28, while rail workers’ unions called for a day of “anger” on April 20. Public hostility has increased since the government, which does not have a majority in parliament, pushed through the bill in March without a final vote.
The president has staked his reputation as a reformer on the pension changes, which he says are needed to avoid billions of euros of deficit each year by the end of the decade.
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