Paris pension protests continue

Paris pension protests continue

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Paris on Saturday, continuing their protest against President Macron’s proposed pension reforms, Euronews reports.

The measures has led to a month of strikes across France, with unions saying millions of people will have to work beyond the country’s retirement age of 62.

Some demonstrators came dressed in yellow vests – symbols of last year’s weekly protests against Mr. Macron’s economic reforms.

The bill transforming the current system of 42 different pension schemes into a single universal point-based scheme will be reviewed by the Council of Ministers later this month.

After 4 weeks of strikes, the country’s SNCF rail network says service will improve starting this weekend. The Parisien RATP metro network has also promised a “light improvement”. But unions have called another day of strikes for Thursday, with teachers and hospital workers among those expected to participate.