In a historic ruling, the Constitutional Council of France
validated this Friday the increase in the retirement age from 62 to 64 years
, provided for in the controversial pension reform of Emmanuel Macron.
The Council also rejected
the call for a referendum
on this issue.
But
he vetoed other aspects
of the reform, according to judicial sources announced to the media.
The high court, made up of a group of "wise men"
censured some less controversial points of the reform, in a total of six vetoed articles.
With banners that read "Climate of Cholera", demonstrators demonstrate in Paris against the reform.
Photo: Bloomberg
The
guarantor institution of the Constitution
also rejected a request from the left-wing opposition to hold a referendum to limit the retirement age to 62 years, in the middle of the social conflict embodied in months of massive protests.
The reform
was approved by decree,
which sparked a wave of protests, mass marches and strikes from various sectors, such as garbage collectors, which
turned Paris into a
monumental garbage dump for days.
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