Macron’s pension reform faces key constitutional test after months-long battle

Riot police officers deployed outside the Constitutional Council in Paris on April 13, 2023. © Lewis Joly, AP

France's top constitutional court is to rule Friday on whether to approve President Emmanuel Macron's deeply unpopular pensions overhaul after three months of strikes and mass protests.

The 45-year-old centrist leader is facing a major domestic crisis over his flagship pensions reform, which raises the minimum retirement age to 64 from 62.