https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/14/french-court-to-rule-on-pension-age-rise-as-nationwide-protests-rage-on.html
KEY POINTS
France’s Constitutional Council on Friday approved President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial raising of the retirement age.
President Emmanuel Macron hopes to open an avenue for union discussions, but they remain fiercely opposed to the bill.
“Tonight, Paris will burn,” Renaud Foucart, senior lecturer in economics at Lancaster University, said. “But the decision today is likely to provide a chance for Macron to try to change the subject.”
French court approves Macron’s plan to raise pension age as nationwide protests rage on
KEY POINTS
France’s Constitutional Council on Friday approved President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial raising of the retirement age.
President Emmanuel Macron hopes to open an avenue for union discussions, but they remain fiercely opposed to the bill.
“Tonight, Paris will burn,” Renaud Foucart, senior lecturer in economics at Lancaster University, said. “But the decision today is likely to provide a chance for Macron to try to change the subject.”