The French pension protests
Analysis: Anger is fueled as Macron rules like a king
For months, the French have shown their displeasure with President Emmanuel Macron's proposal to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. France24's Benjamin Dodman notes that Monday's May Day demonstrations were larger and more violent than before.
He writes that the great opposition Macron's government faces at the same time that the president has not yielded "even an inch" risks crippling his term.
Macron has promised to listen to the anger, but according to Dodman it is received as empty words. He quotes the political scientist Éric Fassin:
"Macron says he hears the anger - but he is deaf to the criticism".
Foreign Policy's Andrew Sorota writes that the anger stems not only from Macron wanting to raise the retirement age, but the way he has presented his reform. He refers to Macron rounding the parliament to get the proposal through.
"The French president will only fuel his anger if he continues to rule the country as if he were a king," he writes.
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