Hundreds of thousands of people have filled the streets of France in the 11th day of nationwide resistance to a government proposal to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.
The furious public reaction to the plan has left French President Emmanuel Macron cornered and weakened.
Macron lost his majority in parliament last year and his government survived two no-confidence votes last month - one by only a razor-thin nine votes - after he angered the nation by ramming the reform through parliament. "Going on strike is an expensive affair so you can't do it forever," said Jean-Daniel Levy, deputy director of Harris Interactive polling. And diminished spending power is a real issue, leaving many unable to afford to strike more, he said.
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