French pensioners tell Macron to stop squeezing their finances


  • World
  • Friday, 16 Mar 2018

Protesters attend a demonstration during a pensioners nationwide protests against tax increase in Paris, France, March 15, 2018. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

PARIS (Reuters) - Thousands of French pensioners marched through Paris and other cities in protest over higher social security taxes on Thursday, in a warning to President Emmanuel Macron whose popularity is falling in a key voter constituency.

The ebbing support for Macron among retired workers was a factor in the by-election defeat his party suffered last month, just eight months after winning the seat, underlining the challenges he faces with no traditional power base.

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