Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched across France on Thursday on the eve of a crucial ruling over President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to raise the
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French Police Face Scrutiny for Heavy Hand During Pension Protests
“I would gladly have broken your legs.” That’s what a French police officer told Souleyman Adoum Souleyman, a Chadian student who had just been arrested
French Anger Shifts From Pension Law to Focus on Macron
The postponement of a state visit to France by King Charles III had become almost inevitable: The optics of President Emmanuel Macron dining with the
New Day of Strikes in France as Pension Anger Persists
Workers went on strike and demonstrators marched around France on Thursday for the first big day of protests since President Emmanuel Macron shoved an increase
Macron Cabinet Faces No-Confidence Vote in France’s Pension Bill Fight
President Emmanuel Macron’s government was facing a crucial no-confidence vote in France’s lower house of Parliament on Monday after his government forced a pension overhaul
Protests Resume in France After Macron Pushes Through Pension Bill
Opposition parties filed two no-confidence motions against President Emmanuel Macron’s government on Friday after his decision to push a widely unpopular pension bill through Parliament
Unions Vow to Bring France to a ‘Standstill’ Over Macron’s Pension Plan
PARIS — Idle trains, closed ports, empty schools, canceled flights, uncollected trash, shuttered refineries. That is what France was experiencing on Tuesday as labor unions