French Union Warns ‘Battle Isn’t Over’ Against Pension Reform
- Ifop survey shows 55% of respondents support further protests
- Head of CFDT union says public anger is ‘still very strong’
A pension reform protestor with a flare in the financial district of Paris, France, on May 3.
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The head of France’s moderate CFDT union warned it will fight to the end against President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the retirement age to 64, a day after a second attempt to hold a referendum on the reform was rejected.
The next step is a fresh day of nationwide strikes on June 6 to ramp up pressure two days before the National Assembly is due to consider a proposal to repeal the pension law, Laurent Berger told BFM TV on Thursday.