France's eight main trade unions have organised another one day mass walkout and day of protest. What they want to do is to stop the pension reforms that have been proposed by President Emmanuel Macron. The fate of these measures are going to be a test of his ability to continue to modernise the French state during his term in office, says Sophie Peder.
Fixing the complex, creaking pension system remains central to President Emmanuel Macron’s agenda of reforms. But leaving it alone is central to French identity—so workers are striking, again, in huge numbers. Our correspondent lays out why 2023’s first earnings season is so gloomy. And America is providing more legal protections for polyamorous “throuples”.
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