French unions are staging on Tuesday a 14th day of protests against government plans to raise the retirement age to 64, in what could be a final attempt to pressure lawmakers into scrapping a law that is already on the statute books.
, but the issue has slowly moved down the media agenda, making it harder for unions to mobilize.
Macron is now enjoying a timid rebound in opinion polls, having launched a PR blitz after the reform passed that saw him crisscross the country to confront public anger but also to announce big investments in new technologies. "This is likely to be one of the last days of protests against the reform," Laurent Berger, the leader of the more moderate CFDT union, told Europe 1 radio.
The provision is expected to be rejected by the lower house's speaker, a member of Macron's party, because under the French constitution, lawmakers can’t pass legislation that weighs on public finances without measures to offset those costs.
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