France burns as anger erupts over Macron pension reforms
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Paris descended into chaos as protesters lit hundreds of overnight fires and violent clashes erupted between police and protesters. French President Emmanuel Macron faces mounting anger after he pushed through unpopular pension reforms.
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Macron to speak as anger smoulders over French pension reform
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Macron ‘is not a king’: 1 million French protest pension reform
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France burns as anger erupts over Macron pension reforms
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
Protesters disrupted traffic in Paris on Friday as angry critics, political opponents and labor unions around France blasted President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to force a bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 through parliament without a vote.
It's a time of protest in Paris and much of France, where opponents hope to bring down the government of President Emmanuel Macron. They're blocking the streets over his decision to force a pension system change through parliament without a vote.
Protests in Paris continue to mount against President Macron’s plan to raise the retirement age to 64, which he is pushing through parliament without a vote. Opposition plans a no-confidence vote on the government led by Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne.
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.
After the French government this week survived two no-confidence votes sparked by the use of special executive power to push pension reforms through parliament, President Emmanuel Macron faces public…
Hundreds of thousands of French citizens took to the streets in protest on Thursday as French President Emmanuel Macron refuses to budge on increasing the retirement age.
Paris' main airport and many trains across the country were disrupted and hundreds of schools blockaded as polls show the leader suffering politically for his moves.
Hundreds of thousands of people were set to strike and demonstrate in France on Thursday after President Emmanuel Macron vowed to push on with a deeply unpopular pension reform despite escalating anger…
French protesters downed their tools and marched once again in Paris and other cities on Thursday, galvanised by President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to ram his deeply unpopular pension reform through…
French President Emmanuel Macron continues to see massive resistance toward his pension reforms as 800,000 people gathered in Paris on Thursday to protest.
Pension reform is has become a central issue in the dispute between the Macron government and the french people, with violent riots breaking out across France.
Paris descended into chaos as protesters lit hundreds of overnight fires and violent clashes erupted between police and protesters. French President Emmanuel Macron faces mounting anger after he pushed through unpopular pension reforms.
The world has reacted to violent demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms with warnings, questions about the future of France's
Over a million people protested across France Thursday to oppose President Macron’s proposal to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64. Amid violent nationwide demonstrations, unions called for strikes to coincide with King Charles III’s visit.
