HISTORICAL FACTS: 4 - Caught on Camera

Top Cambodian opposition party denied registration for July elections, will appeal ruling

Cambodia’s National Election Committee has refused to register the opposition Candlelight Party, the sole credible challenger to the governing Cambodian People’s Party, for July elections, saying it had failed to provide necessary documents

The Independent UK · May 16, 2023

France's Constitutional Council rejects bid for pension referendum

French President Emmanuel Macron's deeply unpopular pension law passed another hurdle on Wednesday when the Constitutional Council rejected a second bid by political opponents to hold a referendum on capping the retirement age at 62.

Reuters · May 3, 2023

Opponents make last-ditch effort to stop French pension law

Opponents of a law that would raise the retirement age in France from 62 to 64 are making last-ditch plans to prevent the change

The Independent UK · May 2, 2023

Macron gets boost as council backs plan to raise France's retirement age

PARIS — France’s Constitutional Council cleared Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the retirement age, giving the French president a boost in his attempt to turn the page on an episode that has left him deeply unpopular and compromised his ability to enact further legislation.

Tribune News Service · Apr 14, 2023

France's Constitutional Council approves raising retirement age from 62 to 64

France's Constitional Council on Friday sanctioned the controversial core of President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform - the plan to raise the legal retirement age from 62 to 64.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 14, 2023

Factbox-Reactions to ruling on French pension reform

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]

Reuters · Apr 14, 2023

Emmanuel Macron wins ruling on raising retirement age despite widespread protests in France

‘The fight continues’ said hard-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon

The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2023

Watch live: French students gather to protest Constitutional Council’s decision on pensions

French students have gathered once more as the Constitutional Council makes its decision on whether Macron's plan to raise the retirement age to 64 is all above-board (14 April).

The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2023

French constitutional court debates pension reform behind police barricades

France's Constitutional Council will on Friday rule on the legality of President Emmanuel Macron's deeply unpopular pensions overhaul. Police have errected anti-riot barriers and have banned demonstrations around the seat of the council in central Paris until Saturday morning. Two decisions are to announced by the end of the day.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 14, 2023

France awaits constitutional ruling on higher retirement age

An elite French institution is preparing to rule on whether President Emmanuel Macron’s contested plan to raise the retirement age is constitutional

The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2023