France's Constitutional Council is due to deliver its verdict on Friday on a deeply unpopular bill which will delay retirement by two years to 64, and on plans for a referendum to challenge it. Here is why this matters and what could happen
Protesters hold flags of French labour unions as they walk on a country road in Beauvoir towards the Mont Saint-Michel to block the access to the renowned tourist site during a demonstration against French government's pension reform, in the French western region of Normandy, France, April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Stephane Maheon Friday on a deeply unpopular bill which will delay retirement by two years to 64, and on plans for a referendum to challenge it.
* If the Council sees nothing wrong, the government could enact the legislation in the coming days, which officials hope would progressively put an end to protests. To do so, they would need to jump through hoops that have so far prevented one from being organised in France since the concept was introduced in 2015.
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