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French hard-left party moves to overturn Macron's controversial pension reform

French Member of Parliament of the hard-left France Unbowed "La France Insoumise" (LFI) group Mathilde Panot in Paris on 10 June, 2024. AFP - DIMITAR DILKOFF

France's leftist party France Unbowed (LFI) announced its plan to introduce legislation on Tuesday to repeal President Emmanuel Macron's contentious pension reform, which raised the legal retirement age from 62 to 64. The bill seeks to reverse changes that sparked widespread protests last year.

Cancelling Macron's key reform – which is aimed at protecting the state's finances and boosting productivity – is one of the main projects of France's left-wing camp which emerged as the strongest force from snap parliamentary elections last month while falling short of a majority.

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