Macron's pension reform sparks violent protests in France.
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French President Emmanuel Macron has signed his controversial pension reform into law, defying three months of protests and pleas from unions not to implement the legislation. The alterations became law on Saturday, after the text was published overnight in France’s official journal. This followed the approval on Friday by France’s highest constitutional court of the essence of the legislation, including the banner change of raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. Unions called for mass Labor Day protests on 1 May, and some violent demonstrations erupted in several cities overnight after the verdict was announced.
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