Parliament has refused to even allow a vote on the age hike, ensuring that President Emmanuel Macron’s executive decree would receive no checks, balances, or even oversight, by the legislative branch.
Germany is faced with transport disruptions resulting from a cost of living mega strike. Airports, bus and train stations, across Germany have come to a standstill.
A record number of people have taken part in nationwide demonstrations across France in a second round of coordinated industrial action against French president Emmanuel Macron's unpopular plan to raise the retirement age to 64.