Opinion polls show a vast majority of voters oppose the pension reforms, as do trade unions, who argue that there are other ways to balance the pension system account.
Why are people protesting and striking?Opinion polls show the vast majority of voters oppose the pension reforms, as do trade unions, who argue that there are other ways to balance the pension system account.
French streets have become lined with overflowing bins, notably in Paris where almost 10,000 tonnes of rubbish remains uncollected.How Macron did to push the retirement bill through? Around 7,000 people participated in an unplanned rally on the Place de la Concorde in Paris - across the River Seine from the assembly.
"This bill has no parliamentary legitimacy, no legitimacy from the street," he said at a protest outside parliament.by nine votes after they were tabled by centrist MPs and those from the far-right National Rally.
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