Marine Le Pen vows to lower French pension age if she becomes president. After Macron forced the retirement age from 62 to 64, Le Pen says she will allow some workers to retire as early as 60 if elected president.
Violent protests continue across France against the adoption of pension reform bypassing the vote in the National Assembly, according to France 24. Protesters smashed the city hall in Lyon, blocked the tram in Dijon, and set fires in different cities.
On March 16, the French authorities decided to carry out a pension reform project in the country without a vote in the lower house on the basis of the 49th article of the French constitution, which gives the executive branch the right to adopt any law without the consent of the deputies. Deputies of the National Assembly because of this demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne.
Protesters claim the Dutch government is lying about the extent of the emissions problem in order to grab privately owned land. Thousands of Dutch farmers protested on Saturday against the government’s policies to reduce nitrogen emissions, warning they will put farms out of business and affect food production.
Police in the Canadian province of Ontario has arrested and detained a student at a local Catholic school, Josh Alexander, who had previously come into conflict with the school administration because of his Christian beliefs.
Thousands of Czechs took to Wenceslas Square in Prague to protest high inflation and military support for Ukraine. During the rally, the participants also demanded the resignation of the government headed by Prime Minister Petr Fiala, which, according to them, does not put the interests of Czech citizens in the first place.
Do supporters of the ‘Far Right is always Right by Far’ movement understand the difference between giving money away and investing? It appears not.
Up to 10,000 angry citizens turned up to demonstrate for peace in the Italian cities of Genoa and Milan on Saturday. Union members and left-wing activists claimed, among other things, that authorities in Rome have breached national law by sending weapons to Ukraine.
Demonstrators descended on the Ramstein military installation in Germany, calling for an end to arms deliveries to Ukraine.
An estimated 13,000 (cop figures) to 50,000 people attended the event calling for peace talks. Tens of thousands of Germans braved stormy weather and dropping temperatures to attend the Uprising for Peace, a massive rally organized by Die Linke (Left Party) politician Sahra Wagenknecht and author Alice Schwarzer on Saturday.
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