The prospect of a pension overhaul has been a third rail of French politics since long before Mr. Macron took office, prompting large protests in 1995 (which succeeded) and in 2010 (which failed).

A day of strikes and protests kicked off in France on January 19, set to disrupt transport and schooling across the country in a trial for the government as workers oppose a deeply unpopular ...

French President Emmanuel Macron said the pension bill he pushed through without a vote in parliament needed to be ...

Paris — Workers in France held their sixth mass protest Tuesday against a proposed pension reform bill that ... to get their message across. The protests against President Emmanuel Macron's ...

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Unions called for more protests on Saturday ... argue companies and the wealthy should pitch in more to finance the pension system. Macron also recalled the measure was a key promise from his ...

Opponents of French President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 staged a new round of protests Saturday ... on the government’s pension reform bill in the ...

Such trials may not end soon. Unions plan more strikes and an eighth round of nationwide protests on Wednesday, the day the pension bill heads to a committee of seven senators and seven lower ...

Want the lowdown on European markets? In your inbox before the open, every day. Sign up here. A fresh wave of strikes in France to protest against government pension reforms got underway at ...

French Senate Votes for Macron's Pension Plan, Despite New Protests By Benoit Van Overstraeten and Forrest Crellin PARIS (Reuters) -The French Senate on Saturday night adopted President Emmanuel ...

French unions call for an additional day of nationwide strikes and protests as Senate vote brings pension plan closer to becoming law. The French Senate has approved President Emmanuel Macron’s ...