15 days ago
Yahoo Finance
The changes presented by President Emmanuel Macron's government last week would raise the retirement age for most people to 64 from 62 and increase the years of contributions required for a full pension. The strikes are expected to bring much of the capital's public transport to a standstill and halt a large proportion of trains throughout France. Transport Minister Clement Beaune has warned it will be "a hellish Thursday", urging all those who can to work from home. Macron's last attempt at pension reform in 2019, aborted a year later when Covid-19 hit Europe, prompted the longest strike on the Paris transport network in three decades. France's current retirement age is one of the lowest in the European Union.
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