French Pension Strike Numbers Fall Before Constitutional Ruling

  • Protest turnout, workers walkout dropped in 12th day of action
  • Constitutional Council decision on reform due Friday evening
CGT union members during a pension reform demonstration in Ivry-sur-Seine, France, on April 13.Photographer: Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images
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French protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform saw a sharp drop in mobilization on Thursday before a ruling on the law’s constitutionality.

Around 380,000 people took part in a 12th day of marches across the country, down from 570,000 a week ago, according to the Interior Ministry. This was well below a record 1.28 million turnout on March 7.