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June 7, 2023

Fresh Protests Take Over French Streets in Hopes of Reviving Campaign Against Retirement Reform
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In France, protesters took to the streets around the country and
transport workers staged strikes Tuesday as opponents of President
Emmanuel Macron's pension overhaul seek to revive public momentum
against the reform nearly two months after it was signed into law. A
long-shot amendment is being brought to the National Assembly by leftist
lawmakers, though it's not expected to go anywhere. Many demonstrators
say they just want their voices heard. This is a student from Nantes.

Felix: "The reform passed without our democracy, so it's important to
make the government understand that we never wanted this reform and that
it's time for the people to speak, because it shows that the government
cares less and less about people's will. And so it's important that we
take the power back on that level."



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