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Macron to speak amid pension reform anger
AFP, Published on 21/03/2023
» PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron is set to give a televised interview on Wednesday, with the 45-year-old seeking to calm public anger over his pension reform and tamp down spiralling protests and strikes.
French govt faces make-or-break vote after pensions uproar
AFP, Published on 20/03/2023
» PARIS - French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Monday faces two motions of no confidence in the National Assembly lower house, after forcing through an unpopular pension reform last week without a vote.
New pension protests in France ahead of crucial votes
AFP, Published on 19/03/2023
» PARIS: France faced another day of protests Sunday against a bitterly contested pension reform rammed through by President Emmanuel Macron's government, a day before crucial no-confidence votes in parliament.
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.
UK unveils cost-of-living budget as strikes rage
AFP, Published on 16/03/2023
» LONDON - Britain's government on Wednesday vowed a hefty pound sterling94 billion ($114 billion) in cost-of-living support for this year and next, as it forecast the UK to stay out of recession and inflation to slow sharply.
French protesters back on streets over pensions
AFP, Published on 11/03/2023
» PARIS: Demonstrators in France took to the streets Saturday for a seventh day of protest against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform plans, with police expecting up to a million people at rallies nationwide.
Power cut to Paris 2024 Olympic sites in pensions protest: union
AFP, Published on 09/03/2023
» PARIS - A French labour union said members working in the energy sector had on Thursday cut power to the building sites for the Olympic Village for the 2024 Paris Games, as well as the main Stade de France stadium.
France faces 'standstill' in protests against pensions overhaul
AFP, Published on 07/03/2023
» PARIS - France's trade unions were headed for a crucial face-off with President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, with fresh strikes and protests planned against a controversial pensions reform he has championed.