The French President, Emmanuel Macron, has given his approval to a pension reform law, which has led to widespread protests across the country due to its provision to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64.
The law has been published in the Official Journal of France after the main provisions of the reform were approved by the country's Constitutional Council on April 14. The President had 48 hours to sign the law after it was approved by the Council, and he did so, despite opposition from opponents of the law.
The opposition has vowed to continue their efforts to repeal the reform, and dozens of protests have been planned in several French cities on April 15. In addition, rallies against the pension reform were held in cities on April 14, and riots in Paris resulted in the arrest of 112 people, with at least four thousand participating in the protests.
In March, French Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne announced that the law on raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 would be passed without a vote in parliament. Despite attempts by members of the lower house of the French parliament to pass a vote of no confidence in the government and stop the reform, the vote failed on both occasions.
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