The driving force behind protests against President Macron’s pension plans are young people defending their inheritance: retirement at 62
At the age of 20, Nanuq has yet to enter the workforce but she is already thinking about when she will be able to retire.
The third-year textile design student was among more than a million people who took to the streets across France on Thursday in support of a one-day general strike — the ninth since January. It was the biggest, and also most violent, protest so far against President Macron’s plan to raise the pension age from 62 to 64.
How French is this? Two French people casually drink red wine and chat, as their city burns in the background.#FranceProtests #FrenchProtests #BeMoreFrench #MacronDemission pic.twitter.com/b9ahhkCjbZ
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