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French pension-reform conflict

A series of protests began in France on 19 January 2023 with a demonstration of over one million people nationwide, organised by opponents of the pension reform bill proposed by the Borne government to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64. The most recent of its 2 recorded facts is “Martinez calls for mass strike against Macron's pension reform” (19 January 2023).

Effects of the 2023 French pension reform strikes in Nantes, France. Photo: Ridiculopathy, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Effects_of_the_2023_French_pension_reform_strikes_in_Nantes,_France_03.jpg).

A series of protests began in France on 19 January 2023 with a demonstration of over one million people nationwide, organised by opponents of the pension reform bill proposed by the Borne government to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64.

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Documented Feb 2020 – Jan 2023

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Who is responsible for French pension-reform conflict?

Factrail's graph links Édouard Philippe and Philippe Martinez to French pension-reform conflict through sourced facts.

When did French pension-reform conflict start?

29 February 2020: Philippe forces pension reform through with Article 49.3.