Periodic national strikes – 14 of them in total – and blockades between January and June 2023 caused widespread disruption, while anti ... pension reform and pension reform protests in France ...

In his first parliamentary address in mid-January after coming to power, France's Prime Minister, François Bayrou, offered ...

France has been in a near-constant state of protest for the last 14 months. From Yellow Vests to pension reform protesters ... strike has now gripped France against proposed pension reforms ...

François Bayrou named French prime minister as Macron seeks stability President Emmanuel Macron pledged to revamp France's complicated ... towards the anti-pension protest movement while hard ...

France's new ... Macron's unpopular pension reform. The reform, which involves raising the retirement age to 64, was signed into law in April 2023, amid widespread protests. Any potential ...

The most contested part of the reform – being the ... By contrast, Britain’s state pension age is set to rise from 66 to 67 by 2026. Protests erupted across France in 2023 as millions of ...

Socialist officials suspended participation in protest against the PM’s remarks about immigration. Read more at ...

The new prime minister of France ... of the reform was unlocking billions in funds to narrow a budget deficit and maintain pensions stability. The effort unleashed months of mass protests from ...

France's new prime ... on the result. Why are pension reform talks key? The pension reform, which was enacted into law in April 2023 despite mass protests, has gradually started being implemented.

Bayrou's concession underlined the scale of France's political turmoil as he prepared to spend his first weeks in office reworking the hard-won 2023 pension reform under pressure from the left ...