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A front is forming in France against President Macron. retirement age up? Non! Why is it about the principle for the French?
One in France pension reform tackling it comes close to juggling hand grenades, so great is the risk of social explosion. Because retirement is a sacred cow for our neighbors, they are in principle not open to any reasonable argument.
Work longer because of pension fund otherwise threaten billions of deficits? No, that’s not possible, although in no other EU country do people retire earlier, receive a higher average return or have a longer life expectancy.
Pension: Macon’s plans are considered an affront
The fact that their president is now demanding that they retire at 64 instead of 62, and that the retirement age should be raised, is seen by a large majority of French as an impertinence, even an affront. That in reality, with the current contribution period of 41 years, most of them only become active when they are over 63 pension being able to go doesn’t change anything. The prospect of having to work nine months longer in the future is enough to make people’s souls boil over.
The unions’ united front against Macron’s pension reform will make for an extremely uncomfortable winter, with schools closed for days or weeks and scheduled trains, buses or metros likely to be the major exception. In fact, they threaten unions with a total blockade.
France: Mass protests expected
More than three million French people In any case, they took to the streets to demonstrate 13 years ago against the increase in the retirement age from 60 to 62 that was pushed through by then-President Sarkozy.
Similar mass protests are now also Macron in the house, even if his reform should find a parliamentary majority. For the recalcitrant Gauls, this is not a question of reason but of principle.
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