Macron officially enacts the pension law in France

MADRID, 15 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) -

French President Emmanuel Macron has officially promulgated the pension law proposed by his government, hours after the French Constitutional Council endorsed the main pillars of the controversial reform on Friday.

The promulgation has been published around four in the morning this Saturday in the Official Gazette of the country, which publishes all the regulations that come into force in France.

With the phrase "in the first paragraph (of the retirement regulation), the word 'sixty-two' is replaced by the word 'sixty-four'", France raises its retirement age, the point that had generated the most controversy in unions.

From the Élysée it had already been pointed out that the only thing missing was this approval from the Constitutional Council to take the next step and for Macron to stamp his signature, in a movement that symbolizes a step forward for the Executive after weeks of protests in the streets of France.

After this endorsement from the Council, French unions rejected President Macron's invitation to meet on Tuesday, claiming that there will be no dialogue until he withdraws the controversial reform, in addition to calling for what is expected to be a large demonstration on May 1.

This Friday marks the twelfth day of protests that have taken place throughout the country and that has resulted in at least 112 arrests on this last day, according to the French Security Forces.

The mobilizations go back to January and the unions had already warned that they will continue with them if there are no changes in some of the pillars of the law, such as the increase in the retirement age from 62 to 64 years.