March in Paris, France, against the plan pension reform by the Government on January 19, 2023. (Photo: AFP/VNA) France is facing the risk of an outbreak of wars strike new large-scale protest against pension reform plan by the President’s Government Emmanuel Macron promote. Earlier polls showed a majority of French voters opposed the pension reform … Read more
Posted in: 31/01/2023 – 11:55 Several sectors in France, such as public transport, schools, electricity production, oil refineries, and government media, witnessed paralysis on Tuesday, after a second day of popular mobilization was decided against a draft government decision to raise the retirement age to 64 years instead of 62 years. The trade unions, who … Read more
Macron defends his stance “I will continue to talk to Russia” 1/28/2023 1:29 am Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron is one of the few Western leaders not to cut ties with Moscow. In a speech in Paris, the French President defended his stance. He also addresses words to the leadership in Beijing. French … Read more
President of France Emmanuel Macron. (Photo: THX/VNA) President of France Emmanuel Macron announced on January 20 that 400 billion euros ($433.16 billion) would be earmarked for the defense budget from 2024 to 2030, up from 295 billion euros for the period from 2019 to 2025. Macron said that if the defense bill for 2019-2025 is … Read more
The project of the president of France, Emmanuel Macronto raise the pension age from 62 to 64 years It has hundreds of thousands of people in the streets opposing that reform and declaring a strike. The tension confronts a citizenry that considers raising the age unfair and a government that defends that it is the … Read more
BLACK THURSDAY IN TRANSPORT Traffic will be “very disrupted” in the Paris metro, with three lines closed, ten others open “only at peak times” and a “risk of saturation” on the last three. On RER A and B – the two busiest lines in Europe – traffic will be limited to one train out of … Read more
Posted in: 10/01/2023 – 18:39 French Prime Minister Elizabeth Born revealed on Tuesday the details of the pension reform project, one of the main points of which is to raise the normal retirement age from 62 years now to 64 years by 2030. Following this announcement, trade unions in France launched a joint call to … Read more