Tag: Social issues
UK unveils less bleak-than-expected budget during massive strike
London on Wednesday (March 15th) unveiled a budget focused on its aim to entice thousands of Britons back into the job market in the face of labor shortages. But faced…
an eighth day of mobilization against pensions before the final vote
For the eighth time since January, opponents of the highly contested pension reform wanted by Emmanuel Macron are mobilizing this Wednesday in France. At the same time, parliamentarians are working…
government in limbo
While the unions are calling to demonstrate this Wednesday, the text on pension reform will take an important step. A group of seven senators and seven deputies should validate the…
government and unions prepare for decisive day for reform
While a Joint Joint Commission meets on Wednesday March 15 to try to agree on the text of the pension reform, French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne launched an appeal on…
Céline Verzeletti (CGT): “The battle is not over” concerning pension reform
A new day of mobilization is scheduled for March 15, the day when the pension reform project will go to the joint joint committee. Boris Vallaud, president of the socialist…
In the spotlight: the revival of nuclear power…
“ Nuclear is back at the heart of the energy strategy » : this is the great title of the Figaro. “ After going through first reading in the Senate,…
Francis, a divisive pope in Argentina
Applauded by a unanimous Argentine people when he was elected on March 13, 2013 ten years ago, he has not since returned to his native country, where he is today…
the unions and the government are preparing for a decisive week
After its adoption in the Senate, the text of the pension reform will pass to the joint joint committee, with a vote in the National Assembly possible as of Thursday,…
the Senate adopts the disputed pension reform
The Senate, with a majority on the right, adopted the pension reform on Saturday March 11 by 195 votes against 112 after ten days of heated debate. This at the…
a test day of mobilization against the pension reform
The French are called on this Saturday, March 11 to demonstrate for a seventh day against a very unpopular pension reform and wanted by Emmanuel Macron, against a backdrop of…