Demonstrations continue against Macron’s pension reform

Demonstrations took place again in France on Saturday Emmanuel Macron against the president’s pension reform, MTI reports.

With the demonstrations – as well as the rolling strikes affecting oil refineries, public transport and garbage collection – they want to put pressure on the government to withdraw the pension reform, one of the most important elements of which is to raise the retirement age by two years to 64.

According to data from the Ministry of the Interior, a total of 368,000 people protested in various cities on the seventh day. The authorities expected a million demonstrators.

Like previous demonstrations, Saturday’s was peaceful.

On Tuesday, 1.28 million people took to the streets, the largest turnout according to government figures.

The government says the reform is necessary to ensure sufficient income for the pension fund and has said it will not back down. The upper house of the parliament will also discuss the bill on the reform at the end of the week.

In a joint statement, the French trade unions called on the government to hold a citizens’ consultation on the issue as soon as possible.

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Did millions of lazy people really take to the streets in France?

Nearly three million people took to the streets in France on Tuesday to protest against raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, according to unions. However, this does not seem high: in Hungary, for example, it is 65, in some places it is already 67 years. Aren’t the French just lazier than average?