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President Emmanuel Macron's government faces two motions of no confidence in the National Assembly on Monday after it bypassed the lower house to push through a deeply unpopular overhaul of the pension system that will raise the retirement age. FRANCE 24's French Politics Editor Marc Perelman tells us more.
Demonstrators run away from tear gas fired by police at Place de la République in Paris, on the sidelines of a rally against the French government's plan to reform the pension system. IMAGES
"We believe in the withdrawal of this reform": With fewer but still determined demonstrators, the unions mobilised on Thursday for the fifth time against the pension reform project to maintain the pressure on the deputies, who still hope to be able to debate the legal age by midnight on Friday thanks to the withdrawal of numerous amendments. In the middle of school holidays, with the exception of the Ile-de-France and Occitania regions, the mobilisation is expected to decrease. FRANCE 24's James Andre reports from the Bastille in Paris, the site of the start of today's protest march.
The government's proposed changes to the pension system have partly been turned down by the country's parliament. Article 2, which would have set up a "senior employment index" to support older workers, did not get a majority. The measure was meant to accompany the raising of the legal retirement age from 62 to 64. Also in the show, we'll take a look at Air India's massive order of aircraft from Boeing and Airbus and the nomination of Pharrell Williams at the head of meanswear at Louis Vuitton.
"Everyone hates the police!" In Paris, demonstrators against pension reform brandish smoke bombs and the police retaliate with tear gas to disperse protesters at the end of the march. IMAGES
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