Total Victory for Macron's unpopular Pension Reform

French President Emmanuel Macron's highly unpopular pension law passed another hurdle after the Constitutional Council rejected the opposition's second proposal to hold a referendum to limit the retirement age to 62, Reuters reported.

Macron has defied fierce union opposition and weeks of sometimes violent protests against his plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.

The pension reform bill was passed on March 16 in the National Assembly (the lower house of the French parliament) without being put to a vote....