France strikes: Violent clashes, fires, and teargas mar Dictator Macron's vision
[That, of course, is not the only complaint but the one made much of by the Western press to belittle the French as if they were so lazy that this increase would cause French society to fall apart.]
Bloomberg's Caroline Connan looks at what it means for his political future.
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Protests continue, escalate after Macron pushes through pension reform in France
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"France is furious": Anger grows at Macron for raising retirement age as millions strike and protest
Dictator Macron forced the legislation through the French National Assembly last week, using a constitutional clause to bypass a parliamentary vote. Macron's government survived a vote of no confidence Monday by just nine votes, but public anger shows no signs of abating, with France's major trade unions planning another nationwide protest for Tuesday.
"Not only is the government trying to do this pension reform that people see as fundamentally unfair, but they're ignoring historically large protests even by French standards," says journalist Cole Stranger from Marseille. His new guest essay in The New York Times is headlined "France is furious." Latest shows
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