Not shy about retiring: strikes in France
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The Economist
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🗓️ 31 January 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
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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| 1:06.6 | Our correspondent went to see the transition of power now underway as the country is offered |
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