Joseph Ataman and Marguerite Lacroix, CNN, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph Fri, 05 Jul 2024 13:24:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 /wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-logo-nwp-32x32.png Joseph Ataman and Marguerite Lacroix, CNN, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph 32 32 France faces widespread protests and ‘hellish Thursday’ as anger at pension reform mounts https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2023/01/19/france-faces-widespread-protests-and-hellish-thursday-as-anger-at-pension-reform-mounts/ Thu, 19 Jan 2023 13:37:44 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p= (CNN) — French workers are set to take to the streets Thursday to protest radical reforms to the country’s pension system that, if implemented, will require most people in France to work two years longer before retirement. Eight of France’s largest unions — covering transportation, education, police, executives and public sectors — called for Thursday to

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