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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

France Braces for 12th Day of Protests against Macron's Pension Law

A protester holds a placard reading "anger" during a demonstration on the 11th day of action after the government pushed a pensions reform through parliament without a vote, using the article 49.3 of the constitution, in Strasbourg, eastern France, on April 6, 2023. Patrick Hertzog, AFP

French unions have called on workers to walk off the job and join protest rallies on Thursday for a twelfth nationwide day of protests against a bill that will make the French work longer.

Some trains will be cancelled, and strike actions can also be expected among refinery workers, garbage collectors and teachers, at a time when opinion polls show a wide majority of voters still oppose pushing retirement age by two years to 64, Reuters said.

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