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- Title
Mass French Strikes and Mobilizations Challenge Macron's Pension Reform.
- Authors
Mackler, Jeff
- Abstract
The article focuses on the ongoing massive protests in France against President Emmanuel Macron's plan to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64. It discusses the origins of France's pension system, which was achieved through mass social mobilizations and resistance against the ruling class, and highlights the current system as one of the best in the world. It also mentions Macron's use of controversial methods to push through the pension reform.
- Subjects
PENSION reform; MACRON, Emmanuel, 1977-; FRENCH economy, 1995-; MASS mobilization; FRENCH economic policy; RETIREMENT age; PUBLIC opinion
- Publication
CounterPunch, 2023, p170
- ISSN
1086-2323
- Publication type
Article