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Macron defiant but weakened after pensions debacle
AFP, Published on 17/03/2023
» PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron might be on the verge of securing his cherished reform of the pension system, but analysts see it as a Pyrrhic victory that will leave him politically weakened.
French strikes intensify after Macron pension move
AFP, Published on 17/03/2023
» PARIS: Protesters blocked a key highway around the French capital and escalated strikes at refineries Friday in a new show of anger after President Emmanuel Macron pushed through a contentious pension reform without a parliamentary vote.
'Feel cheated': Thousands protest Macron's imposed French pension reform
AFP, Published on 17/03/2023
» PARIS - Thousands of people massed in France's capital on Thursday to protest President Emmanuel Macron's government imposing a controversial pensions overhaul without a parliament vote.