France: Constitutional Council scraps pension referendum bid

France’s top constitutional body has turned down a second attempt to strike down President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reform — rejecting a bid to hold a referendum on capping the retirement age at 62.

The Constitutional Council said in a statement on Wednesday that the suggested referendum failed to meet the legal criteria, as per the constitution.

In another ruling on the controversial legislation last month, the Council found that the government’s raising of the…