Gathering of several trade unions, called by the CGT as part of the fight against pension reform, on the petrochemical site of Lavéra, in Martigues (Bouches-du-Rhône), January 26, 2023.

Capital gains tax is “ripe for reform”, a leading think tank has said, as Chancellor Rachel Reeves considers possible revenue raisers ahead of October’s Budget. With a range of potential tax ...

ALAIN JOCARD / AFP. Protesters take part in a torch-lit march called by the CGT workers' union to protest the French government's pensions reform plan, on the Canebière in Marseille, France, on ...

"The page is not going to be turned as long as there is no withdrawal of this pension reform. The determination to win is intact," said CGT chief Sophie Binet at the Paris protest.

Strikes in the French power sector on Jan. 26 and Jan. 27 against planned pension reform will lead to lower electricity output in nuclear and hydro-power, a CGT union representative said on Wednesday.

Pension reform protests resume in France after talks fail ... About 400,000 people joined the protest in Paris Thursday, down from 450,000 the week before, said the powerful CGT union.

The French government has forced through controversial plans to raise the country’s retirement age from 62 to 64, a move likely to inflame the country’s weeks-long protest movement.

Pension reform in France, where the right to retire on a full pension at 62 is deeply cherished, is always a highly sensitive issue and even more so now with social discontent mounting over the ...

Strikes in the French power sector on Jan. 26 and Jan. 27 against planned pension reform will lead to lower electricity output in nuclear and hydro-power, a CGT union representative said on Wednesday.

The French government has forced through controversial plans to raise the country’s retirement age from 62 to 64, a move likely to inflame the country’s weeks-long protest movement.