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Macron vows govt action plan in next 100 days to appease anger over pension reform

French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the nation after signing into law a controversial pensions reform, in Paris, on April 17, 2023. © Ludovic Marin, AFP

The French government will work out a coherent plan to get France back on its feet in the next 100 days and heal the country after weeks of protests against an unpopular pension reform bill, President Emmanuel Macron said in a televised speech on Monday. 

He also pledged to open new talks with unions about better working conditions. Unions have protested for months against the planned increase of the retirement age by two years to 64 and have said they will not restart talks with the government about other topics without a reversal of the pension reform.

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