French PM offers to meet opposition, unions amid pension crisis

FILE PHOTO: French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne attends debates and votes on two motions of no-confidence against the French government, tabled by centrist group Liot and far-right Rassemblement National party, after the use by French government of the article 49.3, a special clause in the French Constitution, to push the pensions reform bill through the National Assembly without a vote by lawmakers, at the National Assembly in Paris, France, March 20, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne plans to meet with opposition leaders and trade unions in the hope of ending weeks of protests against a new pension law, her office said on Sunday.

Demonstrations against the pension reform, which will raise the retirement age by two years, turned violent after the government pushed through the legislation this month without a final parliamentary vote.