Piles of garbage are littering the streets of Paris as sanitation workers in the French capital protest President Emmanuel Macron's raising of the retirement age.
made use of a special constitutional article to enact his legislation without a vote last week. That move was later upheld after two no-confidence votes went in favor of the government Monday, meaning that the retirement age for sanitation workers increased from 57 to 59 and for all other pensioners increased from 62 to 64.
The French president has argued that delaying the retirement age will make the country more financially stable. The move is highly unpopular among the French people. The strike has affected businesses around the city, with some restaurants saying they’ve lost half their foot traffic. There are also concerns about
’ already severe rat infestation becoming worse as the trash piles linger, according to Politico Europe.
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