But the French president did not yield on the pension change that has roiled the nation. Labor unions declined to meet for talks, and vowed massive protests on May 1.
Author: Roger Cohen and Aurelien Breeden
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The French president’s party and its centrist allies were neck and neck with a left-wing alliance in France’s first round of parliamentary elections.