Macron signs controversial pension changes into law after months of protests

France's highest constitutional court approved the law on Friday, leading to widespread demonstrations

French president Emmanuel Macron has signed his controversial pension reform into law, defying three months of protests and pleas from unions not to implement the legislation.

The alterations became law on Saturday, after the text was published overnight in France's official journal. This followed the approval on Friday by France's highest constitutional court of the essence of the legislation, including the banner change of raising the retirement age from 62 to 64.