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France’s Constitutional Council rejects bid for pension referendum

The council said in a statement that the proposed referendum did not meet the legal criteria as defined in the constitution.

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French President Emmanuel Macron’s deeply unpopular pension law passed another hurdle on Wednesday when the Constitutional Council rejected a second bid by political opponents to hold a referendum on capping the retirement age at 62, reports the Cyprus Mail.

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