The Constitutional Council validated the essence of the pension reform on Friday. A legal victory for Emmanuel Macron, but a much more mixed political success.

This decision of the Wise Men should not appease the social discontent while the inter-union remains united against the executive. Louis de Raguenel, edited by Romain Rouillard (photo credit: GONZALO FUENTES / POOL / AFP) 20:20 pm, April 14, 2023: The left cries out for the denial of democracy and pins all its hopes on a second referendum of shared initiative.