Any/all written content and images displayed are provided by the blogger/author, appear herein as submitted by the blogger/author and are unedited by Opera News. President Biden said France was our oldest ally and a key partner in addressing global challenges., However, the victory was tighter than in 2017. Crowds marched through Paris on Friday evening, with some burning trash bins, while in the northwestern city of Rennes the entrance to a police station was set on fire. The legislation will come into effect on 1 September pending the go-ahead from Frances constitutional court, which is currently examining the bill. People watch Macrons TV interview from a bar in Toulouse, south-western France. In France, the presidents spouse doesn't hold an official title. Trade unions on Friday called on the government not to enact the legislation, despite the green light from the Constitutional Council, and urged workers to turn out in force for marches on Labour Day on May 1. President Emmanuel Macron defeated far-right challenger Marine Le Pen. That election saw another record low turnout: just one-third of all eligible voters went to the polls. Valls easily survived that vote, and the loi Macron was enacted. Opposition parties have tabled another bid for a citizens referendum on the reform after the Constitutional Council on Friday rejected a first such proposal. He was reelected in 2022, becoming the first French president in two decades to win a second term. Macron and his government are trying to move past a wave of discontent, which has been fueled by the use of a constitutional provision to bypass a full parliament vote to pass the pension reform . 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The governments decision to skirt a parliamentary vote by using special constitutional powers transformed opponents anger into fury. Jeffrey Schaeffer, Associated Press. Emmanuel Macron has insisted he will not back down over raising the French pension age as he came out fighting in a live TV interview ahead of another day of national strikes and protests. failed to capture a single region, while the resurgent Republicans and Socialists dominated across the country. Macron said in the interview he had heard the public anger and would ask his government to come up with clear and concise legislation to deal with this discontent, much of which had nothing to do with pensions, he said. If the measure is promulgated, there will be repercussions, he warned, noting the silent anger among the union rank and file. That legislation had been pushed through parliament without a vote and given the green light by the Constitutional Council only to be later scrapped to bring calm to the country. Please check your inbox to confirm. The government argued that the reform is needed to keep the pension system afloat as the population ages; opponents proposed raising taxes on the wealthy or employers instead, and said the changes threaten a hard-won social safety net. The doors of the Elysee (presidential palace) will remain open, without condition, for this dialogue, Macrons office said. Opera News is a free to use platform and the views and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not represent, reflect or express the views of Opera News. Just days before that event, hackers uploaded tens of thousands of internal Macron campaign communications to the Internet in an apparent attempt to influence the election. During this time he also served as an editorial assistant for philosopher and historian Paul Ricoeur. They were married until January 2006 when they were divorced. Eight unions have organized protests since January in a rare voice of unity. Strikes have led to roads being blockaded, protests at refineries, docks and universities, railway lines being occupied and targeted electricity blackouts. The French president has pushed a new law raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. . The proclamation of the new law, which has sparked months of mass protest, came after France's constitutional council approved the pension-age increase from 62 to 64 on Friday. 21 December 1977. The council passed the core of . Macron Faces Pivotal Week in His Attempt to Change France at Its Core Wife:- Brigitte Trogneux. Polls have consistently shown that the majority of French citizens are opposed to working two more years before being able to reap pension benefits. After Hollande won the presidency, Macron joined his administration as a deputy chief of staff and economic adviser. Notably, Macron was also the only prominent pro-European Union candidate in a race that carried a strong undercurrent of Euroskepticism. The were not 36 solutions to financing the pension system, he said. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly), Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. Offers may be subject to change without notice. Early on in the main Paris protest, security forces intervened to stop vandals damaging a shop, with 15 people detained, police said. Macron was born in December 1977 and his wife was born in April 1953, so there's a 24-year-age difference. in history from Michigan State University in 1995. hide caption. Student unions have joined in. So [now], people say, 'I can't think my work is my only goal in my life.'". France's Constitutional Council on Friday approved an unpopular plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, in a victory for President Emmanuel Macron after three months of mass protests over .
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