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Emmanuel Macron
Macron’s pension reforms approved by French constitutional council
The French President’s contentious project to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 is now a reality, despite millions protesting it.
- by Rob Harris
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King Charles’ visit to France cancelled amid threats, protests
The King’s first state visit has been postponed as protests against pensions reform continue to rage across France.
- by Rob Harris
Macron narrowly survives no confidence motions amid pension protests
A successful no-confidence vote would have almost certainly killed the legislation and brought down the government, probably forcing new elections.
- by Rob Harris
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Macron plays high-stakes game of political chicken over pension changes
Thousands have marched in France at the weekend angered by a rise in the pension age, as the president’s government faces two votes of confidence on Monday.
- by Rob Harris
‘Reform is needed’: Macron bypasses parliament to raise retirement age sparking anger
The French president, facing defeat on a policy he has invested much of his shrinking authority on, took a last-minute decision to avoid a knife-edge vote.
- by Rob Harris
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Paris protests over Kurdish deaths turn violent
Cars were overturned, at least one vehicle was burnt, shop windows were damaged and fires set alight near Republic Square.
- by Manuel Ausloos and Antony Paone
Violence erupts in May Day protests in Paris, marchers criticise re-elected Macron
Police fired tear gas to push back black-clad anarchists who ransacked business premises in the French capital on Sunday.
- by Dominique Vidalon and Noemie Olive
Rhetoric and violence escalates at New Zealand’s vaccine mandate protests
Police are reluctant to bring up old memories with heavy-handed tactics, but allowing the encampment protest to bubble has given rise to talk of holding the line “until the end” and even “bloodshed”.
- by Pete McKenzie
Anti-vax Querdenker protesters clash with police in Berlin, hundreds arrested
The movement unites a disparate mix on both the right and the left, including anti-vax, coronavirus deniers, conspiracy theorists and right-wing extremists.
- by Emily Schultheis
‘You must help us’: French police hold emotional rally at Parliament
“Every morning when I awake, every night when I sleep, I think of you,” Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told the crowd of police.
- by ELAINE GANLEY
Demonstrators torch cars, smash windows in Paris protest
Dozens of hooded protesters launched projectiles at riot police, smashed up shop windows, torched cars and burned barricades during a demonstration in the French capital against police violence.
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