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France24 |Macron's 'Mister Pensions' resigns amid transparency scandal
moonlighting: "One of the voluntary positions Delevoye alleged he forgot to declare to France's High Authority for Transparency in Public Life (HATVP), the post of administrator for an insurance training institute, exposed him to conflict of interest allegations because the insurance sector could stand to profit should the pension revamp come to pass."
France24 | Social services at stake
"Jérémy, 34, a teacher in a college in Pierrefitte-sur-Seine (Seine-Saint-Denis), has been working for eleven years. He has been on strike since December 5 against the pension reform, a "completely unfair" proposal, according to him. He will be part of the protest on December 17. 'This affects everyone, it is a real attack on social security,' explains the teacher, who is also a union member at Sud Éducation 93."
France24 | Tensions, Favorable Polls
"A poll in Le Journal du Dimanche weekly however showed 54 percent of the French either supporting the strikers or feeling sympathetic towards their cause, up from 46 percent before the strike began on December 5. Only 30 percent of those polled opposed the strike outright."
Belfast Telly | Architect of French pension reform resigns
a record traffic jam of 390 miles: "Unions 'are fighting for their privileges, and we are paying for it', Laurence Sturm said. 'I'll never be able to retire at 55 or 60 years old. I'll have to work until 64 years old to get a full pension, and I'm paying for theirs.'"