French protesters marched in a final show of anger before a crucial decision about Macron's pension plan.
Protesters opposing President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular plan to raise the retirement age to 64 marched again Thursday in cities and towns around France, in a final show of anger before a crucial decision on whether the measure meets constitutional standards.
Unions had been hoping for a strong turnout Thursday to pressure both the government and the members of the Constitutional Council tasked with studying the text of the pension reform plan. Critics challenged the government's choice to include the pension plan in a budget bill, which significantly accelerated the legislative process. The government's decision to skirt a parliamentary vote by using special constitutional powers transformed opponents' anger into fury.
Fabien Villedieu of the Sud-Rail Union said LVMH "could reduce all the holes" in France's social security system. "So one of the solutions to finance the pension system is a better redistribution of wealth, and the best way to do that is to tax the billionaires." "The mobilization is far from over," the leader of the leftist CGT union, Sophie Binet, said at a trash incineration site south of Paris where several hundred protesters blocked garbage trucks. "As long as this reform isn't withdrawn, the mobilization will continue in one form or another."
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