{"id":2407,"date":"2023-03-31T13:53:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T18:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2407"},"modified":"2023-03-31T13:53:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T18:53:13","slug":"over-1-m-protest-against-new-retirement-age-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2407","title":{"rendered":"Over 1 M Protest Against New Retirement Age in France"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

More than 1 million people took to the streets across France on Thursday in protest of President Macron\u2019s unpopular retirement reform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nearly 120,000 protested in\u00a0Paris\u00a0alone, the largest crowd since the protests began earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most French people oppose raising the retirement age<\/a>, polls show, but Macron has repeatedly said<\/a> it was necessary to keep the nationwide pension program solvent. Last week, the measure \u2014 which raises the age from 62 to 64 \u2014 was pushed through using a special constitutional provision and without legislation, leading to another round of demonstrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nationwide turnout for the marches and strikes had union leaders\u00a0calling for new actions<\/a>\u00a0next Tuesday to coincide with\u00a0King Charles\u00a0of England\u2019s visit to\u00a0France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile the [president] tries to turn the page, this social and union movement \u2026 confirms the determination of the world of workers and youth to obtain the withdrawal of the reform,\u201d eight unions organizing protests said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Paris and elsewhere, protesters set fires and clashed with police while blockading train stations, Charles de Gaulle Airport, industrial areas and ports. Popular tourist destinations like the Eiffel Tower and Versailles Palace were closed because of the strikes. Police used tear gas to disperse the crowd near Place de l\u2019Opera after a march ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buildings for local governments and police in Nantes, Rennes,\u00a0Lyon\u00a0and Lorient were also damaged during Thursday\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government maintained that the British king\u2019s visit would go on as planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are troublemakers, often extreme left, who want to take down the state and kill police and ultimately take over the institutions,\u201d Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said while visiting Paris police headquarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The continued protests came days after Macron survived a no-confidence vote that would have led to both the policy\u2019s reversal and Macron\u2019s resignation if it were successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macron said the new retirement policy would go into effect by the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The demonstrations showed no sign of slowing, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis year perhaps maybe our holidays won\u2019t be so great,\u201d said\u00a0Maxime Monin, a 46-year-old striking public transportation worker. \u201cBut I think it\u2019s worth the sacrifice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Original Article: https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2023\/03\/over-1-million-protest-against-new-retirement-age-in-france\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More than 1 million people took to the streets across France on Thursday in protest of President Macron\u2019s unpopular retirement reform. Nearly 120,000 protested in\u00a0Paris\u00a0alone, the largest crowd since the protests began earlier this year. Most French people oppose raising the retirement age, polls show, but Macron has repeatedly said it was necessary to keep the nationwide pension program solvent. Last week, the measure \u2014 which raises the age from 62 to 64 \u2014 was pushed through using a special constitutional provision and without legislation, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-european-politics"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2408,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407\/revisions\/2408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}