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France's Constitutional Court on Friday cleared plans by the government of President Emmanuel Macron to raise the legal retirement age to 64 from 62. [L1N36H0EO]

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New Caledonian representatives in Paris to discuss territory's future

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne is meeting Tuesday with pro- and anti-independence factions from New Caledonia as part of a continued attempt to find an institutional future for the territory that has voted three times against independence.

Radio France Internationale

France needs healing period, PM says, without offering tonic

France needs to "go through a healing period" after weeks of sometimes violent street protests against plans to raise the retirement age, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said, though she offered no clear path out of the political turmoil.

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Paris pension protesters target Macron’s favourite restaurant

Weeks of protests, riots and clashes with police have culminated in an attack on a famous Paris eatery with links to embattled President Emmanuel Macron.

The New Daily

Watch live: Pension reform protests resume in Paris

Watch live as protests against reforms to pensions take place in Paris on Thursday, 6 April.

The Independent UK

French unions hope 11th day of strikes will dial up pressure over pensions

French trade union leaders are counting on their members for a huge turnout on Thursday, the 11th day of strike action against the government’s pension reform. Talks between union representatives and Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne ended without agreement on Wednesday.

Radio France Internationale

Protests again Grip France but Macron Not Backing Down

Protesters disrupted traffic at Paris' main airport and gathered again in other French cities on Thursday for strikes and demonstrations seeking to get President Emmanuel Macron to scrap pension reforms that have ignited a monthlong firestorm of public anger. In Paris, rat catchers set the tone by hurling the cadavers…

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Pension protesters target Paris bistro favoured by Macron

Clashes erupted in Paris next to a Left Bank brasserie favoured by French President Emmanuel Macron as protesters torched garbage cans and smashed two banks during the eleventh day of nationwide demonstrations against pension reform.

Reuters

French PM, unions meeting fails ahead of pension protests

French trade union leaders have walked out of talks with the country's prime minister after failing to find a compromise on the contentious plan to raise the country’s retirement age from 62 to 64 years

The Independent UK

French unions rally protesters after pension reform talks end in failure

Crunch talks between trade unions and Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on France’s pensions crisis ended in failure after less than an hour on Wednesday morning – with union bosses vowing to press ahead with strikes and protests against government plans to raise the retirement age to 64.

Radio France Internationale

French unions to keep up pensions protest after talks with PM fail

France's labour unions will keep up their fight against a planned rise of the legal retirement age, they said on Wednesday, after a meeting with Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne failed to end months of gridlock over a deeply unpopular reform.

Reuters

French feminist politician under fire for Playboy front cover

French junior social affairs minister Marlene Schiappa is facing criticism from her own party for posing in a white dress for the cover of Playboy, with French media reporting Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne called Schiappa to express her displeasure.

Reuters

Naked anger as French minister poses on front page of Playboy

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has called Junior Social Affairs Minister Marlène Schiappa to tell her that Schiappa's interview in the April/June edition of Playboy magazine is not at all appropriate in the current climate of strikes and economic hardship.

Radio France Internationale

French unions to meet with government over pension reform

Nearly all of France’s trade unions have agreed to meet with French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne next week, though the government has said it will not change its position on its contested pension reform. The changes have not been implemented, pending a decision by the Constitutional council on 14 April.

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French pension standoff causing cracks in Macron's camp, insiders say

President Emmanuel Macron's drive to ram through legislation raising France's retirement age despite mass protests is creating rifts between ministers and his allies amid frustration that the government has not resolved the standoff, insiders say.

Radio France Internationale

Mid-April date for Constitutional Council verdict on pension reform

France's legislative watchdog, the Constitutional Council, announced on Wednesday that it will render its verdict on 14 April on controversial pension reform legislation, which has led to often violent demonstrations since the beginning of the year.

Radio France Internationale

Protests continue as French government rejects talks proposal on pension reform

The French government rejected demands Tuesday for a "pause" in pension reform plans to allow for a mediation period. This as clashes with law enforcement, skirmishes, and other acts of vandalism marred demonstrations against pension reform in several cities, including Paris.

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Paris streets ablaze as protesters across France vent fury over pensions reform

Clashes break out in the French capital and other cities as up one million people join marches across the country

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Radio France Internationale

Macron calls crisis meeting ahead of tenth day of strikes in pension row

French President Emmanuel Macron summoned government ministers for a crisis meeting on Monday, ahead of Tuesday's planned strikes and protests against pension reforms.

Radio France Internationale

French union leader says withdrawal of pension reform is only path to peace

Laurent Berger, the leader of the CFDT trade union group, has called on the government to make a major gesture on pension reform, saying he will not accept any move towards conciliation with Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne until the contested legislation is withdrawn.

The New Daily

French PM to meet unions amid pensions crisis

Demonstrations in France against the pension reform turned violent after the government pushed through legislation without a final parliamentary vote.

Reuters

French PM offers to meet opposition, unions amid pension crisis

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne plans to meet with opposition leaders and trade unions in the hope of ending weeks of protests against a new pension law, her office said on Sunday.

Radio France Internationale

French leaders live to fight another week as pension storm deepens

The past week has been a difficult one for French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne. The government survived two no-confidence votes in the wake of its decision to impose pensions reform, but public opposition to the move is showing no sign of abating.

France 24

Macron breaks silence on France’s bitter pension battle: Key takeaways

French President Emmanuel Macron broke his silence on the bitter pension battle roiling the country in a televised interview on Wednesday, stressing that his contentious reform raising the pension age is necessary and will come into force later this year.

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Macron defiant on pension reform despite uproar

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday defiantly vowed to push through a controversial pensions reform, saying he was prepared to accept unpopularity in the face of sometimes violent protests.

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