French union leader vows to keep fighting Macron's pension plan

FILE PHOTO: A man walks past graffiti while demonstrators protest against the government's pension reform plan in Paris, France, March 11, 2023. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

PARIS (Reuters) - French unions will keep on fighting against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform plan despite the upper house of parliament approving the text on Saturday, a leader of one of the main unions said on Sunday.

Laurent Berger, secretary general of France's largest union the CFDT, also warned Macron's government against forcing the parliament's hand by pushing the text through without a vote from MPs of the National Assembly, using a procedure known as 49:3 after the related article in the French constitution.