Pensioners also lambasted the measures.

But not all locals are happy. One pensioner, who would only give her name as Giovanna, bewailed what she described as an "invasion," saying it has upset the tranquility of the town and the rhythm of daily life, especially at weekends, when most activity in the town used to revolve around church.

The restaurant was full of pensioners taking advantage of the early-bird special.

For British pensioners living in Europe, the anxiety has been compounded by watching the purchasing power of the pound weaken as sterling fell in value after the Brexit vote.

The Franconian guest is entitled to be a little jealous when coming to the traditional holiday residence of High Society and the chosen homeland of rich pensioners, smelling the fragrant scents of the whole world at the flower market and walking past the Belle Époque Façades of famous noble hotels.

If governments impose green tax hikes and the costly measures on transportation, home heating, power generation and lifestyles that scientists say are needed to lower emissions and to shift economies away from dependency on fossil fuels, they risk prompting a backlash, largely from middle-class and lower-income workers, as well as pensioners who can ill afford to bear the expense.

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