France's Constitutional Council upholds controversial pension reform, raising retirement age to 64.

France's Constitutional Council has upheld the key elements of President Emmanuel Macron's controversial pension reform, which includes raising the legal age for drawing a full pension from 62 to 64. The legislation has triggered months of mass protests and is deeply unpopular in France. The court struck out six measures not seen as fundamental to the essence of the reform and rejected a request filed by the left for a referendum on an alternative pension law that would keep the retirement age at 62.