11 February 2023

Protests & Civil Unrest in England and France

  


 
21 hours ago · In France, 3 million workers have gone on strike against Macron's plan to slash tens of billions of euros from pensions by raising the retirement age.
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Million March in France as Unions Threaten Broad Shutdown

William Horobin, Samy Adghirni
1 minute

  • Protests on Saturday drew largest turnout in Paris so far

  • Unions threaten to block the whole country in March 7 strike

Bloomberg business news

France in Protest Over Plan to Increase Retirement Age

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French labor unions threatened to bring the nation to “a halt” in March as the number of protesters against government pension reform swelled to about 1 million on Saturday. 

In the fourth day of action against the pension overhaul, which includes increasing the minimum retirement age to 64 from 62, 963,000 people joined street demonstrations around France, according to government figures."

 


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