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French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has agreed to freeze the controversial retirement reform raising the retirement age to 64 until 2027, providing temporary political relief amid ongoing opposition and threats of government censure, while France faces potential government collapses and economic challenges.
French high school students are joining the ongoing protests against President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular pension reforms, with some as young as 17 taking part in their first demonstrations. The protests have evolved from workplace and retirement concerns to a more generalized malaise with the president and his governance, with violence picking up and police and environmental activists fighting pitched battles over the weekend. Macron's decision to not let legislators vote on his retirement reform, because he wasn’t sure of winning a majority for it, has angered protesters and been described as an "attack on democracy."
French President Emmanuel Macron is facing a deepening crisis as protests against his unpopular pension reforms continue to grow. The reforms push the legal retirement age from 62 to 64, and have sparked full-on disobedience mode among opponents. The protest movement is picking up new recruits, including some so young that it will be many decades before they’ll be directly impacted by the pushed-back retirement age. Their involvement is a worrisome development for Macron, because it suggests that protests are broadening from workplace and retirement concerns to a more generalized malaise with the president and his governance.