France's President Emmanuel Macron weakened but unbowed after pension reform battle

Paris: President Emmanuel Macron was being his usual belligerent self hours before France's highest court gave his widely derided proposals to make people work longer for their state pensions fresh life. When he arrived at Notre Dame on the anniversary of the fire that nearly destroyed the nation's most famous cathedral, he remarked, "Never give up, that's my motto." The French Constitutional Court declared on Friday that the law to raise the retirement age by two years to 64 was in accordance with the basic charter of the French Republic, despite Macron's dismal approval ratings and widespread opposition to his…