Tag: pension reform

Macron and His Ministers Forced To Avoid Crowds

Emmanuel Macron is not the only one to be greeted with the sound of pans when he travels. All his ministers, one after the other, have also had that painful experience.

Rubbish Strike Back in Paris

The strikers claimed their intention to “turn the streets of Paris into a public dump until the pension reform is withdrawn.”

Aux Barricades: An Interview With a French Pension Protester

A symptom of the French penchant to riot or part of a broader collapse of the Fifth Republic? The European Conservative speaks to a participant of recent anti-Macron pension demonstrations to examine the movement’s causes, character, and future.

France Still Plunged in Chaos

The unhealthy political, social, and economic climate in France is now of international concern. The Council of Europe has sounded the alarm against excessive use of violence against the demonstrators.