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Debate: French pension reforms: what future do the country's trade unions hold?

Slowly but surely, France’s mass protests against Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform appear to be petering out. Following two months of unrest, the president’s flagship bill, which aims to raise the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64 years old starting from 2030, prompted 480,000 people (1,7 million according to the…

The Conversation · Mar 16, 2023

'Endgame' for French protesters hoping to sink Macron's pension plan

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.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 11, 2023

French citizens protest anew against Macron's pension plan

Opponents of French President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 are holding more protests

The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2023

French unions dig in for pension battle with Macron

Is France back to its old ways?

Reuters · Jan 18, 2023

Protests against pension reform must be peaceful, France's largest union says

Protests against a planned pension reform should remain peaceful, the head of France's largest labour union said on Monday, ahead of strikes and demonstrations which could disrupt parts of public life later this week.

Reuters · Jan 16, 2023

French unions rally workers for widespread strikes against pensions reform

French unions have called cross-sector strikes and street rallies for 19 January in an announcement made less than two hours after Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne unveiled deeply unpopular plans to reform the pension system.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 11, 2023

Macron’s pension reform: Necessary changes to an unsustainable system?

Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne is set to announce the French government’s pension reform plans on Tuesday, proposals that are likely to continue to prompt controversy. President Emmanuel Macron insists the reforms are needed to salvage a system that is unsustainable in its current form. But many are not convinced.

France 24 · Jan 9, 2023

French PM Borne to detail controversial pension reform plans

Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne is to detail plans this week that will effectively make French employees work longer, most likely by raising the retirement age to 64 or 65 from 62 at present. A majority of French oppose the reform and trade unions are threatening industrial action.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 8, 2023

Macron presses ahead with pension reform as French discontent swells

French President Emmanuel Macron's government attempts to revive his economic reform drive and score a major political victory this week with a launch of the pension system's overhaul in the face of vehement trade union opposition.

Reuters · Jan 8, 2023

New French Greens boss hopes to sink Macron’s unpopular pensions reform

After President Emmanuel Macron pledged to push through France's unpoular pensions reform bill in 2023, Greens party head Marine Tondelier told RFI street protests were the only way to scupper the policy, which would raise the legal age of retirement from 62 to 65 years.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 2, 2023