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3/21/2023 1:12:49 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron is set to give a televised interview on Wednesday, with the 45-year-old seeking to calm public anger over his pension reform and tamp down spiraling protests and strikes.
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3/20/2023 10:23:06 PM
The French government under President Emmanuel Macron on Monday survived two no-confidence motions in parliament, but still faces intense pressure over its handling of a controversial pensions reform.
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Egypt
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Politics
3/19/2023 6:06:39 PM
Egypt's parliament – the House of Representatives – approved Sunday a government-drafted bill granting new wage hikes to government employees and a rise by 15 percent to pensions.
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World
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International
3/18/2023 10:15:13 PM
People took to the streets across France on Saturday after President Emmanuel Macron imposed an unpopular pension overhaul without a parliament vote.
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International
3/18/2023 1:18:07 PM
A spattering of protests was planned to continue in France over the weekend against President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reform, as garbage continued to reek in the streets of Paris and beyond owing to continuing action by refuse collectors.
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International
3/17/2023 7:36:56 PM
France, where President Emmanuel Macron is facing intensified protests after forcing a contentious pension reform through parliament without a vote, is no stranger to mass demonstrations.
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International
3/17/2023 6:21:41 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron's government on Friday faced no-confidence motions in parliament and intensified protests after imposing a contentious pension reform without a vote in the lower house.
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International
3/17/2023 3:31:59 PM
Protests against French President Emmanuel Macron's decision to force a bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 through parliament without a vote disrupted traffic, garbage collection, and university campuses in Paris as opponents of the change maintained their resolve to get the government to back down.
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3/17/2023 1:34:42 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday faced intensified protests and a no-confidence motion in parliament after pushing through a contentious pension reform without a vote in the lower house.
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World
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International
3/16/2023 4:58:02 PM
France’s government on Thursday invoked a special constitutional power to enact a contentious pension bill without a vote in parliament, in a risky move by President Emmanuel Macron.
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International
3/16/2023 11:36:25 AM
France’s standoff over a bill raising the retirement age heads toward a climax Thursday, either via a parliamentary vote or through a special presidential move to force it through the legislature.
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Egypt
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Politics
3/15/2023 8:22:54 PM
Egypt's House of Representatives' Labour Force Committee approved Wednesday a raft of bills granting new wage hikes to government employees and a rise by 15 percent to pensions.
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World
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International
3/15/2023 7:10:01 PM
A joint committee of Senate and National Assembly lawmakers has validated French President Emmanuel Macron's pension plan, meaning it could be submitted to votes by both houses of Parliament on Thursday, unless his government chooses to impose the changes in the meantime.
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World
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International
3/12/2023 6:56:31 PM
A contentious bill that would raise the retirement age in France from 62 to 64 got a push forward with the Senate’s adoption of the measure amid strikes, protests and uncollected garbage piling higher by the day.
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International
3/11/2023 5:27:57 PM
Demonstrators in France took to the streets Saturday for a seventh day of protest against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform plans, with police expecting up to a million people at rallies nationwide.
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World
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Region
3/7/2023 10:29:24 PM
More than a million people marched in France and strikes disrupted transport and schools on Tuesday during mass protests against President Emmanuel Macron's plans to push back the retirement age to 64.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
3/7/2023 9:58:33 PM
State employees and pensioners will receive their annual raises earlier this year as part of a special package of economic relief measures, reports Nahla Abul-Ezz
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World
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3/6/2023 5:55:38 PM
Roads blocked, oil refineries disrupted, planes grounded and trains halted, unions are threatening to shut down France’s economy this week in what they hope is their toughest riposte yet to President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the retirement age.
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Business
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Economy
3/5/2023 10:53:00 PM
Egypt's Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait said an annual package of EGP 150 billion to increase salaries and pensions decided by President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will cost the state's treasury an estimated amount of EGP 150 billion.
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World
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International
3/5/2023 7:53:55 PM
French trade unions are heading for what is expected to be a decisive showdown with President Emmanuel Macron over pension reform, with massive strikes from Tuesday aiming to bring the country "to a standstill".
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