The French government's plan to reform the country's pension system has precipitated the country's most sustained period of strikes in decades. Nevertheless, President Emmanuel Macron is determined to move ahead with the changes. On Jan. 24, the French Council of Ministers formally adopted the reform proposal, which will now move to the National Assembly for debate. Protests against the reform will continue, but Macron has invested a considerable amount of political capital in the project, making it unlikely that he'll abandon it. For Paris, the pension reform presents a key test for its credibility as it looks to push further reforms both in the French economy and in the wider European Union....
