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French Senate approves controversial pension reform plan
Protesters march during a demonstration in Paris, Saturday, March 11, 2023
THE French senate voted late on Saturday to approve the deeply unpopular reform to the country’s pension system.
This came hours after two million people at some 239 demonstrations took to the streets to oppose the cornerstone policy of President Emmanuel Macron’s second term in office.
The senate voted by 195 votes to 112 late on Saturday night to inch the government’s plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 closer to becoming law.
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