“The legal retirement age will rise gradually, three months a year, to reach 64 in 2030,” said Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne during her presentation of the project.“.
“We propose that those who can continue to work for a longer period … This choice is also the one that all our European neighbors have taken,” she added in a televised speech. “I am well aware that changing our pension system raises concerns and questions among the French. We want to respond to them and convince them,” she added“.
Subsequently, the eight major unions called for a day of demonstrations and a strike on January 19 to protest this plan, which was pledged by President Emmanuel Macron during the campaign for his first term and one of the major reforms in his second term, in which he does not have a decisive majority in Parliament..
And these unions, whose heads met on Tuesday evening in Paris, confirmed in a joint statement that this day should “launch a strong mobilization on long-term pensions.”“.
Laurent Berger, Secretary General of the Confederation of Trade Unions, expressed his hope for a strong mobilization “for the government to step back,” while Laurent Lescure, of another union signatory, expressed his hope for “movements every day in companies and administrations.” “.
It is expected that the issue will stir up division in society, after the main union of employers praised it Medef With what she described as “responsible and pragmatic decisions,” while far-right leader Marine Le Pen said she wanted to “confront unfair reform.” The radical left-wing “Father France” party denounced what it considered “a dangerous retreat from social gains.”“.
Thirty years ago, France witnessed a series of major reforms to its pension systems to respond to the aging population and the financial deterioration in its treasury..
And every time an extension of the working age is announced, labor movements are organized in a country where the employment rate for the elderly is considered low.
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