When Emmanuel Macron ran for re-election in 2022, he did what few French politicians dare to do: tell voters that the retirement age would have to rise to ensure the continued viability of the country’s generous pensions system.
He delivered on that pledge a year later at great political cost, forcing the change from 62 to 64 years through a divided parliament and facing down massive national protests that left some streets of Paris and other cities in flames.
The hard-fought victory was ephemeral — just last October, Macron’s embattled prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, was forced to abandon the reform to buy the support of leftist lawmakers needed to pass a welfare budget and ensure the government’s survival.
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