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Mass Rally Against Pension Reform in Paris

© AFP 2023 / BERTRAND GUAYCGT unionists march with banners on March 17, 2023, a day after the French government pushed a pensions reform through parliament without a vote.
CGT unionists march with banners on March 17, 2023, a day after the French government pushed a pensions reform through parliament without a vote. - Sputnik International, 1920, 13.04.2023
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French authorities expect up to 600,000 people to participate in nationwide demonstrations against the pension reform on Thursday, ahead of the Constitutional Council’s final decision on the legislation.
Sputnik is live from Paris as thousands of demonstrators take to the streets to protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to force through his pension reform.
A total of 270 protests are expected to take place across France on Thursday, including blockades of industrial enterprises and highways, intelligence data has showed.
On March 16, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced that the government had adopted a law on raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 by 2030 by invoking Article 49.3 of the constitution, which allowed the bill to be passed without parliamentary approval. The decision sparked a strong backlash, prompting people to take to the streets across the country.
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