On Tuesday January 31, all of the French unions called for a national strike to protest against the government's pension reform.
On the eve of this mobilization, the French president tries to convince.
Pension reform is “essential when we compare ourselves in Europe” and to “save our system” by pay-as-you-go, Emmanuel Macron said on Monday.
Asked at a press conference in The Hague about the words of his Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, who declared this weekend that postponing the age was "no longer negotiable", the head of state assured: "when she says something, she says it with good reasons and I support her".
72% of French people are opposed to pension reform, according to a survey by the Elabe Institute published last Wednesday.
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