The fate of France’s costly pension system hinges on who will blink first: President Emmanuel Macron or the unions that have paralyzed the country for days
PARIS—The fate of France’s costly pension system hinges on who will blink first: President Emmanuel Macron or the unions that have paralyzed the country for nearly a week and on Tuesday mobilized hundreds of thousands of protesters who oppose his plans to overhaul a pillar of the socialist economy.
Fueling the unions is an army of civil servants like Marie-Hélène Plard, a 39-year-old schoolteacher in a Paris suburb. She said her salary doesn’t allow her to save much money for retirement, but until recently, she could count...
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