In France, according to official figures, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets against President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reform. The Interior Ministry spoke of 740,000 protesters across the country on Tuesday. More than two million people took part in the strikes and protests, according to the CGT union. Last Thursday, considerably more people took to the streets. According to the Ministry of the Interior, it was almost 1.09 million, according to the CGT 3.5 million.
The pension reform that has now been adopted is considered one of President Macron’s central projects. The government wants to gradually increase the retirement age from 62 to 64 years. In addition, the number of payment years required for a full pension must increase more rapidly. The aim is to avert an imminent funding shortfall in the pension fund. The unions find the project unfair and ruthless. The reform is currently being examined by the Constitutional Council. Macron wants it to come into force by the end of the year. (sda/dpa)
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