Pension reform protestors made their feelings clear when French President Emmanuel Macron went on a walkabout in Alsace, one of his first public engagements since his plans to boost the retirement age to 64 were pushed through parliament.
French President Emmanuel Macron looked to calm public anger, threatening the ambitions of his remaining four years in power with his first televised address to the nation on Monday since he enacted protest-igniting pension reforms.
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Protesters opposing President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular plan to raise the retirement age to 64 marched Thursday in cities and towns around France, in a final show of anger before a decision on whether the measure meets constitutional standards.
France's Constitutional Council on Friday validated most of the government's pension reform, including its flagship measure of raising the legal retirement age to 64.