President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to increase the legal retirement age in France was approved by the country’s Constitutional Council on Friday, clearing the way for the measure to be gradually introduced in the fall but doing little to quell the seething popular anger against it. In a highly anticipated ruling, the council, which reviews legislation […]
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New Zealand and Australia Ponder a Lower Voting Age
The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. When the New Zealand Supreme Court ruled last week that the voting age of 18 breached the human rights of younger people, it reignited the debate both there and in neighboring Australia. The question of voting age […]