The French president must learn the lessons of the concession he has made on pension reform - or he risks the far right exploiting this battle at the next election In the end, Emmanuel Macron seems prepared to compromise. After six weeks of strikes involving rail employees, teachers, nurses, ballet dancers, lawyers, concierges, pilots and drivers on the Paris Métro, the French government has announced a major concession to unions: the withdrawal of a proposal to raise the country's full benefit...
The Guardian view on Macron's pensions retreat: one step forward, two steps back | Editorial
The Guardian - 14 Jan 2020 20:29
The French president must learn the lessons of the concession he has made on pension reform - or he risks the far right exploiting this battle at the next election In the end, Emmanuel Macron seems prepared to compromise. After six weeks of strikes involving rail employees, teachers, nurses, ballet dancers, lawyers, concierges, pilots and drivers on the Paris Métro, the French government has announced a major concession to unions: the withdrawal of a proposal to raise the country's full benefit...
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