President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017
Israel Urged To Avoid Iran Escalation By France's Macron: European leaders joined the US in pushing for Israel to restrain its response to Iran’s drone and ...
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World leaders urge Israel not to retaliate after Iran strike: World leaders are urging Israel not to launch a retaliatory attack on Iran, which bombarded Israel ...
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Macron condemns 'cowardly' Russian strike after aid workers killed in Ukraine: 'Russian barbarity has targeted civilians in Ukraine', foreign minister adds
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On the Agenda: What's happening in France this week: From the 'best boulangerie' to the end of spring holidays for some pupils in France and a speech ...
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Macron and Zelenskyy react to death of French volunteers in Beryslav: French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have reacted ...
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French medal-makers see golden opportunity with pre-Olympics strike: “It’s a craft challenge, and we want craftsmanship to be compensated at its rightful value ...
politico.eu/article/france-wins-gold-in-striking-as-medal-makers-stage-walk-off/
Hamas leader killed in Beirut: Macron urges Israel to exercise restraint in Lebanon
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Macron Should Stand His Ground: Furious rioters and craven politicians are just plain wrong: France’s broken pension system needs reform now.
bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-03-31/despite-strikes-and-protests-france-needs-macron-s-pension-reforms
Today in Switzerland: A roundup of the latest news on Wednesday: German train strike to affect Swiss commuters; French president on a state visit to Switzerland; ...
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How French pensions will change on September 1st: Pension reform led to months of strikes and the biggest protests since 1968, but in the end Emmanuel Macron ...
thelocal.fr/20230822/how-french-pensions-will-change-on-september-1st
Macron says Europe must not be 'follower' of US, China on Taiwan: PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview published Sunday that ...
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Quick Glance: France requires a moment of healing, says PM, without proposing a tonic
- 1/2] Protesters carry banners of French labor unions as they walk down a country road in Beauvoir towards the Mont Saint-Michel to block entrance to the renowned tourist spot during a demonstration against the French government's pension reform on April 7, 2023, in the French western region of Normandy, France.
- PARIS, 7 April (Reuters) - France must "go through a healing period" after weeks of sometimes violent street protests against proposals to raise the retirement age, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said, while she offered no obvious path out of the political crisis.
Millions of Protesters Take to the Streets Demanding Workers’ Rights on May Day: Millions of people took to the streets around the world to mark May Day ...
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French President Macron says he hears people's anger but insists pension change was needed
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French pension protests enter day 14: Fatigue high, thousands remain: French unions hope to reignite resistance to President Emmanuel Macron’s higher retirement ...
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HAPPENING NOW: Demonstrators in Paris protest President Macron's pension plan. https://abcn.ws/3mVExwx
Macron, Trying to Move Past Pension Fury, Announces Water Plan: President Emmanuel Macron of France presented conservation proposals after an exceptionally dry ...
nytimes.com/2023/03/30/world/europe/france-macron-water.html
Blocking the Louvre Won't Defuse Pensions Bomb: Demographic denial is the new climate denial.
bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-03-28/blocking-the-louvre-won-t-defuse-pensions-bomb
Inside Gaza’s hospitals, exhausted doctors treating victims of Israel’s bombardment are struggling with crippling power shortages and dwindling supplies ... Show more
Quick Glance: International Backlash Over Macron's Taiwan Remarks
- French president criticized for suggesting Europe should distance itself from US-China tensions over Taiwan
- Macron emphasizes Europe's focus on its own objectives and independence
- Macron's comments could strain Europe's relationship with the US and Ukraine
- France defends Macron's position on promoting European strategic autonomy
Protests in France radicalize: Pollster and sociologist Hugo Touzet observes how forms of organized strike and spontaneous rallies are increasingly mixed ...
nzz.ch/international/proteste-in-frankreich-radikalisieren-sich-ld.1731859
New protests against Macron and his pension bill amid warnings of violence: France faces a new nationwide day of strikes and protests on Tuesday after some of ...
reuters.com/world/europe/new-protests-against-macron-his-pension-bill-amid-warnings-violence-2023-03-28/
Garbage: In Paris streets, heaps of it become protest symbol: PARIS (AP) — Garbage. Heaps, mounds and piles of it are growing daily — and in some places standing ...
apnews.com/article/paris-garbage-france-strike-protest-macron-57fe5ff3ce7652cb930608b568213f13
French Senate votes for Macron's pension plan, despite new protests: The French Senate on Saturday night adopted President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular pension ...
reuters.com/world/europe/france-faces-another-day-nationwide-protests-against-macrons-pension-plans-2023-03-11/
More strikes and demonstrations against French pension reform: Protesters still think they can force Emmanuel Macron to back down
economist.com/europe/2023/03/30/more-strikes-and-demonstrations-against-french-pension-reform
French unions rally supporters to the streets ahead of pension ruling: Union activists barged into the Paris headquarters of luxury goods company LVMH (LVMH ...
reuters.com/world/europe/france-witness-12th-nationwide-strike-against-macrons-pension-law-2023-04-13/
Diners sitting outside at a café in the French city of Bordeaux enjoyed their wine not far from the glow of a raging fire lit by demonstrators protesting ... Show more https://abcn.ws/3KbXxQy
Quick Glance: Royal Fakes: Impersonators of King Charles Take Center Stage
- Mr. Haslett, a longtime impersonator of the queen's eldest son, Charles, said he spent more than 5,000 pounds (approximately $6,200) "getting myself to be more kinglike than I was,"
- Guy Ingle, 62, a longtime Charles impersonator, said he used to stand in the background at events and play second fiddle to Queen Elizabeth impersonators.
- Guy Ingle, a King Charles impersonator, poses with Prince William and Prince Harry lookalikes before the real Harry's wedding in 2018.
- The negative publicity surrounding Harry, according to Ms. Scott, could actually benefit King Charles, and thus Charles look-alikes.
Fewer French Support Protests Against Pension Reform, Poll Shows: French backing for strikes and demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron’s already ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-01/fewer-french-support-protests-against-pension-reform-poll-shows
French strikes over retirement age move into ‘higher gear’: Trade unions increase pressure on Emmanuel Macron to abandon pensions reform
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Paid articlePaid Nearly 1 million French march in 4th day of national protests against pension changes
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Workers in France Strike Over Macron’s Plan to Raise Retirement Age: Despite the wave of discontent, President Emmanuel Macron intends to push through plans to ...
nytimes.com/2023/01/19/world/europe/france-strikes-macron-retirement-age.html
Quick Glance: At least one million people protest in France over an increased retirement age.
- According to polls, the majority of French people are likewise opposed to the reform.
- According to unions, more than 2 million people participated nationwide, with 400,000 in Paris.
- Protests against past attempts at retirement reform, both during Macron's first term and under former President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2010, drew large crowds.
- According to government estimates, none of these events drew more than one million attendees.
- French Labor Minister Olivier Dussopt recognized "concerns" raised by the pension plans, but said the government would not consider other measures such as boosting taxes – which he said would harm the economy and destroy jobs – or decreasing benefits.
Paris stinks as uncollected trash mounts to 10,000 tonnes due to strikes: The amount of trash uncollected on Paris streets due to a waste workers strike has ...
france24.com/en/france/20230317-paris-stinks-as-uncollected-trash-mounts-to-10-000-tonnes-due-to-strikes
Quick Glance: Verdi announces 'massive' strikes in Bavaria
- Verdi union announces massive strikes in the public sector.
- Affected areas include kindergartens, hospitals, and administrations.
- Further strikes in waste management, street cleaning, theaters, and administrations are expected.
- Upper Franconia and Middle Franconia are particularly affected.
Protesters march in France as unions make last-ditch bid to resist higher retirement age
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King’s state visit to France will be hit by strikes, vow protesters: The King’s first state visit to France will be met by a “good old general strike” next week ...
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France comes to a standstill as livid workers protest plan to increase retirement age
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Strikes: power tug of war over France's pension reform: Paris - Blocked schools, empty rails and hundreds of thousands on the streets: For weeks now ...
mz.de/deutschland-und-welt/politik/machtgezerre-um-frankreichs-rentenreform-3565106
Garbage collectors in Paris and other French cities continue to strike, protesting President Macron's decision to raise France's retirement age ... Show more https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2023/03/21/france-retirement-paris-protests-trash/11513213002/
Beware of sudden protests in central Paris which could turn violent, Britons heading to France warned
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🇫🇷 France saw on Wednesday an eighth day of strikes against President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 ... Show more #Paris f24.my/9K87.f
Protesters march in France as unions make last-ditch bid to resist higher retirement age
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Violence erupts in Paris as pension protests continue: Demonstrators are angry at President Macron's decision to force through pension reforms.
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Parisian streets are piling over with garbage amid retirement age strike: Sanitation workers entered their ninth day of strike on Tuesday, and their absence is ...
globalnews.ca/news/9550094/paris-france-garbage-strike/
Strike in France: The winner is Marine Le Pen: Emmanuel Macron's pension reform is bringing millions of French people onto the streets ...
zeit.de/politik/ausland/2023-03/frankreich-streik-rentenreform-emmanuel-macron
Strikes spread as French unions intensify pension reform fight: France's nationwide strike against a planned pension reform, which seriously disrupted train ...
reuters.com/world/europe/unions-seek-bring-france-halt-block-pension-reform-2023-03-07/
‘It’s disgusting’: Paris rots under mounds of rubbish as bin collectors extend strike
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Major strikes are taking place again in France today after the government announced plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 ... Show more #EuronewsWitness https://bit.ly/3F4jMol
More than 250 protests have been staged in the French capital Paris and around the country against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms — in pictures ... Show more https://aje.io/u47cwb
Macron travels to Spain to sign friendship deal as France goes on strike: The one-day summit in Barcelona comes on a day of widespread strikes in France against ...
lemonde.fr/en/european-union/article/2023/01/19/macron-travels-to-spain-to-sign-friendship-deal-as-france-goes-on-strike_6012130_156.html
France would enshrine the freedom to choose a "voluntary termination of a pregnancy" in its Constitution under a proposal that President Emmanuel Macron ... Show more https://nyti.ms/3JpMsuF
Quick Glance: Macron's France is a tinderbox.
- This follows two previous national demonstrations of one million people.
- Opponents, on the other hand, point to how protests and strikes forced President Jacques Chirac to withdraw his pension reform bill in 1995.
- As a result, he lacks a mandate for pension reform.
- It is telling that the fiery Jean-Luc Mélenchon is going all out to enlist student unions in his fight.
- That is difficult to do on a pension issue that will not directly affect them for the next half-century.
Rubbish mounts in Paris as pension row rumbles on: As France faces another day of strikes over highly contested pension reforms, the accumulation of rubbish in ...
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France’s Pension Plan Strikes, Explained: President Emmanuel Macron is forging ahead with plans to raise the legal age of retirement to 64, from 62 ...
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Quick Glance: Strikes and protests in France's pension battle continue
- PARIS, France (AP) — According to the Interior Ministry, an estimated 1.27 million people took to the streets of French cities, towns, and villages on Tuesday in new massive protests against the government's key pension reform plans.
- The government insists on carrying out Macron's election promise to reform France's pension system.
- "It has only to withdraw its reform," said Erik Meyer of the Sud Rail union, one of eight that organised the march, on BFM TV.
- Nonetheless, the 62-year-old said he was opposed to the proposed reform.
Massive nationwide strike hits France over pension reform: More than a million join protests against French President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to push retirement ...
aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/7/1-28m-people-protest-macrons-pension-reform-plan-ministry
HAPPENING NOW: Pension protests in Paris against Macron's plan to increase retirement age. https://abcn.ws/3Ebrixn
Demonstrators set to paralyse France in massive pension reform protests: France’s trade unions were headed for a crucial face-off with President Emmanuel Macron ...
france24.com/en/europe/20230307-france-faces-standstill-as-protesters-seek-to-block-macron-s-pension-reform
Riot police deployed in Paris on Thursday as people marched in a new round of strikes and nationwide demonstrations seeking to get President Emmanuel Macron ... Show more
"Bring France to a standstill": Renewed strikes against Macron's pension reform cause major disruption
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"Era of French interference is over," says President Emmanuel Macron as he returns from a four-nation African tour as part of a mission to restore the image ... Show more
French Senate votes to increase retirement age to 64: The French Senate has voted in favor of raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 despite weeks of protests ...
dw.com/en/french-senate-votes-to-increase-retirement-age-to-64/a-64935177
Hundreds of thousands protest across France against pension reform, unions vow to ramp up strikes
france24.com/en/europe/20230211-france-braces-for-a-fourth-day-of-pension-reform-protests
What's behind the mass protests against Macron's pension reform: In France, the week-long protests against President Emmanuel Macron are reaching their climax ...
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Meloni, Macron Spar Over Zelenskiy’s Paris Dinner Invitation: An invitation for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to squeeze in a dinner at the ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-09/meloni-macron-spar-over-zelenskiy-s-paris-dinner-invitation
French strikes: pensioners protesters slow France to a crawl: Protesters have blocked fuel refineries and roads across France after unions called a general ...
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Paid articlePaid France: at least 1 million on the streets against pension reform: Unions spoke of 2.5 million participants and announced a general strike for March 7.
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Reuters Top News: LIVE: French unions protest against Macron's pension reform plans
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Pension reform in France: "The protests are still far too nice": Hundreds of thousands protest in France against the pension reform. A male nurse, a bus driver ...
zeit.de/politik/ausland/2023-02/rentenreform-frankreich-proteste-emmanuel-macron-streiks
Dialogue not over, French PM says as workers protest pension reform: Bridges between President Emmanuel Macron's government and labour unions are not burned ...
reuters.com/world/europe/dialogue-not-over-french-pm-says-workers-protest-pension-reform-2023-01-14/
France protests look to test government's resolve on pension reforms: Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated across France on Saturday seeking to keep up ...
reuters.com/world/europe/protests-across-france-test-government-resolve-over-pension-reform-2023-02-11/
French senate votes to raise retirement age to 64: The French senate has backed controversial plans to raise the retirement age to 64 despite nationwide strikes ...
euronews.com/2023/03/09/french-senate-backs-controversial-plans-to-raise-the-retirement-age-to-64
Strikes and mass protests: the French do not want to retire at 64: Hundreds of thousands demonstrate in France against the planned pension reform: the government ...
berliner-zeitung.de/news/streiks-und-massenproteste-die-franzosen-wollen-die-rente-mit-64-nicht-li.318740
Paris rat catchers throw bodies at City Hall as France strikes again: Protesters want to force President Emmanuel Macron to scrap pension reforms that have ...
euronews.com/2023/04/06/paris-rat-catchers-throw-bodies-at-city-hall-as-france-faces-11th-round-of-strikes
French Government Unveils Plan to Raise Retirement Age to 64: President Emmanuel Macron is focusing on cutting costs in France’s pension system, but labor unions ...
nytimes.com/2023/01/10/world/europe/france-pensions-64-macron.html
Quick Glance: Macron braces for a massive battle over French pension reform, with unions threatening massive strikes
- On Tuesday, when his government unveils plans to reform the country's costly pension system, French President Emmanuel Macron is set to charge ahead with controversial and unpopular plans to raise the retirement age.
- Pensions are regarded as a third rail in French politics, with previous presidents attempting and failing to reform the system, which drains government coffers.
- Mr Macron promised in his New Year's Eve speech that he would push ahead with the plans, saying, "This year will be the year of reform to the pension system which aims to balance our system for the years and decades to come."
Macron vs. the people: why France is resisting pension reform: Major strikes have taken place in France since the government announced plans to raise the ...
euronews.com/2023/03/02/macron-vs-the-people-why-france-is-resisting-the-presidents-pension-reform
What to expect on France's fifth day of strikes against pension reform: French unions are geared up for a fifth day of strikes on Thursday against President ...
rfi.fr/en/france/20230215-what-to-expect-on-france-s-fifth-day-of-strikes-against-pension-reform
"Brutal reform": Protests and strikes over pension reform in France: Because French President Macron wants to raise the retirement age to 64 ...
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Workers across France went on strike to protest President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to raise the legal age of retirement from 62 to 64 ... Show more t.co/4Nr1ENOIJL
Paris garbage workers to resume strike over pension bill: Garbage workers in Paris said they would resume their strike on April 13 against French President ...
english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2023/04/04/Paris-garbage-workers-to-resume-strike-over-pension-bill
French union signals end to future pension strikes amid fresh walkout ｜ DPA: A French trade union leader has indicated that strikes against President Emmanuel ...
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Garbage tarnishes Paris luster as pension strike continues: The City of Light is losing its luster with tons of garbage piling up on Paris sidewalks as ...
seattletimes.com/nation-world/world/garbage-tarnishes-paris-luster-as-pension-strike-continues/
Fewer French Support Protests Against Pension Reform, Poll Shows: French backing for strikes and demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron’s already ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-01/fewer-french-support-protests-against-pension-reform-poll-shows
France prepares for hellish Thursday as nationwide pension strikes approach: France prepares for hellish Thursday as nationwide pension strikes approach
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