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France's Macron: defiant yet weakened after pensions debacle
France's Macron: defiant yet weakened after pensions debacle
Business and Economy
by  AFP

French President Emmanuel Macron might be on the verge of securing his cherished reform of the pension system, but analysts see it as a Pyrrhic victory that will leave him politically weakened. "Assuming that opposition parties do not bring down the government, it's a Pyrrhic victory for Emmanuel Macron," warned Stephane Zumsteeg, head of polling in France for the Ipsos public opinion group.