France's main opposition parties said today they are determined to continue their fight against the unpopular pension reform approved by the Constitutional Council.
"The fight continues," reacted the leader of the radical left, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, while the leader of the extreme right, Marine Le Pen, assessed that "the political fate of the pension reform is not sealed" after the decision of the Constitutional Council.
The Constitutional Council today approved the main part of the pension reform, including the most controversial measure of raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, after three months of demonstrations and political struggle against the project, a key part of Emmanuel Macron's second five-year presidential term.
The head of the Communist Party, Fabien Roussel, called on the authorities not to promote the law, which was approved by the Constitutional Council.
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"I fear social unrest," he said.
Some protests started because of the reform were marked by violence and clashes with the police.
"If he promotes the law, the president will no longer be able to rule the country," said one official of the radical left party LFI Matilda Pano.
"Protests continue more than ever and we will not allow this reform to continue on its way," she said.
Demonstrations that have gathered hundreds of thousands of people since January have started to lose strength recently with fewer and fewer participants.
In anticipation of today's decision of the Constitutional Council, numerous demonstrators gathered in several places in France.
The head of the traditional right, Erik Ćoti, had the opposite attitude to these parties and called on all political forces to accept that decision.
However, he assessed that the fact that the Constitutional Council censored some articles of the new law shows the wrong methods of the government.
The government pushed the law through without a vote in Parliament using special constitutional powers.
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