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Pension Protests Raise Tension Between Police: Pension protests raise tension between police
PARIS: French authorities see the police as protectors who are ensuring that citizens can peacefully protest President Emmanuel Macron‘s contentious retirement age increase. But to…
Playboy: French minister appears on front cover of Playboy
PARIS: Can posing for Playboy be a feminist statement? A French government minister thinks so and has defended her decision to appear — clothed —…
Protests Will Not Stop Reforms: France’s Macron says protests will not stop reforms
PARIS: Protests will not stop the pension reform or other policy changes, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday before unveiling a plan with 50…
New protests against Macron and his pension bill amid warnings of violence
PARIS: France faces a new nationwide day of strikes and protests on Tuesday after some of the country’s worst street violence in years marred rallies…
Macron: In Macron’s France, streets and fields seethe with protest
PARIS: A big day has come for French high school student Elisa Fares. At age 17, she is taking part in her first protest. In…
Emmanuel Macron’s pension gambit sparks revolt, pushing France to the brink
PARIS: It’s the stuff of nightmares for those who promote the new, dynamic France: Giant mounds of stinking garbage bags overflow from bins near the…
No red carpet: French unrest impacts King Charles III”s trip
PARIS: Unrest in France is tarnishing the sheen of King Charles III’s first overseas trip as monarch, with striking workers refusing to provide red carpets…
Nationwide protests in France after Macron doubles down on pension bill
PARIS: Hundreds of thousands of people were set to strike and demonstrate in France on Thursday after President Emmanuel Macron vowed to push on with…
Emmanuel Macron to speak as anger smoulders over pension reform
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron will give a televised interview, his office said Tuesday, after his government fended off two no-confidence votes in parliament over…
Macron: Dozens arrested in French protests after Macron govt survives no-confidence vote
PARIS: Dozens of people were arrested across France after sporadic protests broke out hours after President Emmanuel Macron‘s government narrowly survived a no-confidence motion in…