Difficult days for French President Macr • Table.Briefings

The pension reform with an increase in the retirement age to 64 is one of the most ambitious plans of the Macron government. But the unions are fighting back – and shutting down the country.

France is once again facing massive protests against pension reform. Train and air traffic will probably be hit hardest. Transport Minister Clément Beaune, a close confidant of President Emmanuel Macron, warned, „It will be one of the most difficult days we’ve seen“. And Beaune is convinced that „the strikes will not stop on March 7“. The government is campaigning against the strikes because, in its view, they are a burden on the working population.

Difficult days for French President Macron

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