Demonstrators Take to Streets of Paris to Protest Macron's Pension Reform

Name: Demonstrators Take to Streets of Paris to Protest Macron's Pension Reform
Uploaded: 2023-04-20T13:16+0000
Duration: 163 min 50 s
Description: Ealier this month, French President Emmanuel Macron signed his controversial pension reform into law. In a televised address he said that the prompt promulgation of the law was "necessary," that he "hears the rage of the French people," and that "the door of the Elysee Palace" would remain open for trade unions.

13:16 GMT, 20 April 2023

Ealier this month, French President Emmanuel Macron signed his controversial pension reform into law. In a televised address he said that the prompt promulgation of the law was "necessary," that he "hears the rage of the French people," and that "the door of the Elysee Palace" would remain open for trade unions.

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Sputnik goes live as demonstrators take to the streets of Paris during a cross-sector nationwide strike against the president's pension reforms.

On April 14, the French Constitutional Council approved a key article of the pension reform bill, which would gradually raise the age of retirement in France from 62 to 64 years by 2030. The move triggered a powerful backlash, prompting people to take to the streets across the country.

French trade unions called for a general nationwide strike against the reform on May 1.

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