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24 Mar 23
Raising the French retirement age could benefit the government’s fiscal balance in the medium term after an initial negative impact, but the political fallout could hurt the president’s chance of...
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17 Mar 23
French president Emmanuel Macron has tried to bypass the National Assembly to raise the retirement age – a move he sees as vital to fixing public finances – sparking countrywide protests.
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13 Jan 23
The French government wants to raise the retirement age to reduce the pressure swelling pension costs are placing on the country’s public finances.
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13 Jan 20
A compromise on pension reform hoped to bring about the end of more than a month of strikes in France has been submitted to trade unions by the country’s prime minister.
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17 Dec 19
French president Emmanuel Macron suffered a blow to his pension reform ambitions as the high commissioner for pensions resigned amid countrywide strikes.