Emmanuel Macron

His brazen move to force a pension reform bill through without a vote has infuriated the political opposition

Police banned further gatherings on the Place de la Concorde, where protesters tossed an effigy of Macron into a bonfire as a crowd cheered Friday night

The French government is likely to face no-confidence motions, while unions have called more strikes in protest of the measure, which will raise the retirement age to 64

The risky move is expected to trigger a quick no-confidence motion in Macron’s government

Rubbish is mounting up on the streets of the French capital as municipal workers strike against the government’s plan to raise retirement age from 62 to 64 by 2030

The 45-year-old pro-business centrist has put his legacy on the line with his pension reform plans

‘There will be a democratic problem if the reform is approved like this,’ Laurent Berger – the leader of France’s largest union – tells EL PAÍS

France and the UK plan to strengthen military cooperation, including on supplying weapons to Kyiv and training Ukrainian Marines

Biden and von der Leyen are expected to agree to open negotiations about the use of European minerals critical in the production of electric vehicle batteries

The continuing strikes and protest actions come after more than a million demonstrators marched in cities and towns across France on Tuesday

Unions threatened to freeze up the French economy with work stoppages across multiple sectors

The reform, which would raise the official pension age from 62 to 64 and require 43 years of work to earn a full pension, is currently under debate in parliament

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Western allies would support Ukraine for “as long as it takes”

French President vowed to reduce the number of French troops in Africa under a “new security partnership”

The pension changes meant to raise the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64, amid other measures

The Munich Security Conference underscored how the US, EU, China, India and Russia are competing to expand their area of influence among non-aligned nations

Proposals in the French government’s reform include letting undocumented migrants regularize their legal status if they are engaged in certain trades

The French president and the Spanish writer Javier Cercas address in this conversation the main problems tormenting the continent, such as the rise of populism, the consequences of war or the loss of identity due to the economic crisis