Charles III’s state visit to France postponed amidst pension reform protests

King Charles's Visit to France Postponed... Request by Macron as Pension Reform Protests Intensify

[Yomiuri Shimbun] [London = Ikeda Keita] The British royal family announced on the 24th that King Charles and Queen Camilla's visit to France scheduled for 26-29 will be postponed. Based on the fact that protests against pension reforms promoted by the government are intensifying in various parts of France, Macron

France pension reform bill protests continue as King Charles III’s visit is cancelled

Scattered protests in France continued Friday, following Thursday’s mass demonstrations over nationwide opposition to President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reform bill. UK King Charles III’s also cancelled his scheduled visit to France on March 26 early Friday morning. Macron stated in a news conference that the visit “would have prompted incidents” he characterized as “detestable.”  National trade union federation CGT stated that 3.…

Macron's Pension Reform Ignites Biggest Protests in 50 Years, and Chaos in France Forces King Charles III to Postpone State Visit With Lavish Ball in Versailles Palace

French president Emmanuel Macron appeared on TV and asked for ‘calm’ from the population, to no avail: protests, blockages and confrontations intensified Thursday, as Syndicates estimate 3,5 million people took to the streets against Macron’s Pension Reform ‘by decree’. And, now, it surfaces that England’s King Charles III has had to postpone his first state visit, to France, on account of the social instability in the country. BBC reports: “Kin…

Visit of King Charles to France postponed following fierce pension-reform protests

Move highlights Macron’s inability to control events in his own country

Macron suggests anti-pension reform protests forced him to cancel King Charles' visit

Charles and Camilla were due to begin the first state visit of the King’s reign on Sunday but after a night of violent nationwide demonstrations that led to hundreds of arrests and police officers being injured, the trip was shelved

Macron suggests anti-pension reform protests forced him to cancel King’s visit

The French leader said Charles and Camilla’s four-day state visit was likely to be rescheduled for the beginning of summer.