May Day Protests in France Against Macron's Retirement Law

Hundreds of thousands of French citizens, including children, protested against President Emmanuel Macron's pension law, which increases the retirement age from 62 to 64. The law was passed using a constitutional maneuver that angered unions. The turnout was expected to be large, with nearly 300 rallies held across the country. The Constitutional Court approved the law in mid-April, leaving protesters with little recourse to stop its implementation. Macron's lack of a parliamentary majority and his recourse to administrative means to pass laws has angered citizens who see his approach as anti-democratic.