No Letup in French Strikes Over Pension Reform
Long-running strikes by trade unions over French President Emmanuel Macron’s push to overhaul the nation’s retirement system will continue despite a compromise offer by the government.
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Workers v. Government: Showdown in France Over Pension Reforms
France was seized by a new wave of nationwide strikes on Thursday by a spectrum of workers angry over the government’s plans to overhaul the nation’s public retirement system.
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Railway Pension Strikes Becoming the Longest in French History
Nationwide strikes against French President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to overhaul France’s pension system will enter the New Year and become France’s longest-running rail strike in the country’s history.
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France Debates Pension Reforms and Goes on Strike
Seeking to calm nationwide strikes that threaten to cause havoc during the winter holidays, French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday signaled a willingness to make a key concession in his plans to overhaul France’s retirement system.
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Macron Faces New Test as France Goes on Strike
French President Emmanuel Macron is facing a major test to his presidency as France was beset Thursday by massive strikes that could turn into days of angry protests over his government’s plans to overhaul pensions.
Read moreTrump Greets NATO With Attack on ‘Nasty’ France
With an attack on “nasty” France, President Donald Trump brought his “America First” foreign policy to a two-day NATO meeting on Tuesday. Europe is brewing up an antidote: A “Europe First” worldview known as “Euro-Gaullism.”
Read moreNATO Chief Heading to Paris to Meet With Macron
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday he will travel to Paris next week for talks with President Emmanuel Macron after the French leader lamented the “brain death” of the world’s biggest military alliance.
Read moreUnder Pressure, Macron Seeks to Appeal to the Right
On an airplane trip back to Paris from a visit to French islands in the Indian Ocean, Emmanuel Macron did something no other French president has done: He let himself be interviewed by a journalist with Valeurs Actuelles, a magazine long associated with France’s ultra-conservative wing.
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EU Halts Expansion Into Balkans, Opening Door for Russia
The European Union’s expansion into the Balkans is stalling and that’s prompting policymakers and experts to warn that the region may turn to Russia, China and Turkey for trade and military protection.
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Xi, Macron Unite on Climate Despite US Withdrawal
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that the Paris climate pact was “irreversible,” showing a united front after President Donald Trump formally withdrew from the accord this week.
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Macron Presses a Harder Line on Immigration
With an eye on re-election, France’s Emmanuel Macron has signaled a tougher line on immigration, saying the government must end its “lax” approach, to prevent voters from drifting to the far right.
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Macron Urges Europe to Reach Out to Russia
French President Emmanuel Macron says it’s time for Europe to reach out to Russia — to keep it in the Western fold, check its global ambitions and avoid being caught in the middle of a new Cold War.
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Macron Calls for a New Global Economic Order
Amid uncertainty over U.S. trade policies, French President Emmanuel Macron is calling for a new global economic order, decrying an “unprecedented crisis” in the market economy.
Read moreMacron Leads Pressure on Brazil Over Amazon Fires
France’s Emmanuel Macron led a growing wave of international pressure on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro over the fires raging in the Amazon rainforest Friday, telling him Paris would block efforts to seal a major trade deal.
Read moreMacron’s Star Rises Again as a New Europe Takes Shape
French President Emmanuel Macron’s political fortunes, brought to the brink by months of massive and violent protests in Paris, are on the rise again and the brash liberal reformist is, remarkably, poised to become Europe’s most important politician.
Read moreUnsatisfied in France: Muted Response to Macron Sales Pitch
French President Emmanuel Macron has satisfied few of his critics as he tried to quell five months of yellow vest protests with a mix of tax cuts and attempts to bridge the gap between the Paris elite and the rest of the country.
Read moreGermany & France Say Brexit Delay Needs Strings Attached
German and French officials insisted Tuesday that any further delay to Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union must come with strings attached and assurances from Britain, as Prime Minister Theresa May prepared to plead in Berlin and Paris for more time.
Read moreMacron Calls for a Stronger, Greener Europe: a ‘Renaissance’
In a wide-ranging call for a “European renaissance,” French President Emmanuel Macron says Europe must take control of its future by spending more on its own defense and technologies, tightening its borders, standing up to the world’s superpowers on trade while also fighting climate change and protecting European jobs.
Read moreMacron Said to Eye Election-Timed Referendum on Protests
Vying to quell public unrest and a wave of protests, French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to ask the French electorate to vote in a May referendum.
Read moreTo Ease Tensions, France Experiments With Direct Democracy
On Tuesday, the French government opened the gates to an unprecedented public forum: A web portal where citizens can offer solutions on how to improve France and air their long lists of grievances.
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