France faces fresh round of strikes over highly contested pension reforms
France faces another day of strikes on Wednesday over highly contested pension reforms which President Emmanuel Macron appears on the…
Rubbish piles up in streets of Paris as France’s pension battle enters final stretch
A protracted strike by rubbish collectors has added a new twist to France’s festering dispute over pension reform as the…
French Senate approves Macron’s pension reform as strikes continue
France's Senate voted late Saturday to approve a deeply unpopular reform to the country's pension system, hours after demonstrators took…
French protesters take to the streets to rally against 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…
Macron insists pension reform is necessary as protests, strikes press on
French President Emmanuel Macron insisted on the need for raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 in order to…
Worried about the future, France’s young people are fighting pension reform
One of the most contentious elements of the French government’s controversial pension reform is the increase of the legal retirement…
French pension reform strikes continue to disrupt fuel supplies, power output
Workers striking in protest against proposed changes to France's pension system continued to block fuel deliveries and reduce electricity production…
‘We can defeat Macron’: Why women’s anger is fuelling French pension protests
Huge crowds marched across France on Tuesday in a sixth round of protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise…
Strikes cripple French refineries over pension reforms
Striking unions blocked fuel deliveries from refineries across France. Unions have been at loggerheads with Macron’s administration over a controversial…
Demonstrators set to paralyse France in massive pension reform protests
France’s trade unions were headed for a crucial face-off with President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, with fresh strikes and protests…