France's Macron signs contested pension law as unions plan more protests

Protesters gather in front of the Paris City Hall after the Constitutional Council (Conseil Constitutionnel) approved most of the French government's pension reform, in Paris, France, April 14, 2023. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday signed into law a deeply unpopular bill to raise the state pension age, infuriating unions that called for months of mass protests to continue.

The proclamation of the law in the government's official journal came hours after France's Constitutional Council had approved the main pension-age increase in a ruling on Friday.