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Workers in many French cities took to the streets Thursday to reject proposed pension changes that would push back the retirement age, amid a day of nationwide strikes and protests seen as a major test for Emmanuel Macron and his presidency. FRANCE 24's Catherine Norris-Trent reports from Paris.
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Tuesday proposed raising the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 by 2030 in a major pension reform that sets the stage for a showdown with trade unions.
France is postponing the retirement age from 62 to 64 by 2030. Elisabeth Borne, the Prime Minister, presented the pension reform on Tuesday, a key campaign promise of President Macron.
Prime Minister Elizabeth Borne is scheduled to unveil Emmanuel Macron's cornerstone reform later on Tuesday. The government argues the system is currently financially unsustainable and will need more contributions going forward. In this show, we look at what Borne's key measures are (raising retirement age, ending specialised pension schemes) and check whether or not the system is as unsustainable as the government says it is.
Up to 2 million French people took to the streets nationwide on Thursday, in a show of anger over the government's plans to raise the age of retirement. President Sarkozy's ministers say the French will soon have to work up until the age of 62, instead of 60, if the country is ever to bring the ever-increasing pensions deficit back under control.
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