Periodic national strikes – 14 of them in total – and blockades between January and June 2023 caused widespread disruption, while anti ... pension reform and pension reform protests in France ...

François Bayrou named French prime minister as Macron seeks stability President Emmanuel Macron pledged to revamp France's complicated ... towards the anti-pension protest movement while hard ...

France has a retirement age lower than many of its European neighbors, but many French people view an early retirement as sacrosanct. It was part of the social contract developed at the end of World ...

France's new ... Macron's unpopular pension reform. The reform, which involves raising the retirement age to 64, was signed into law in April 2023, amid widespread protests. Any potential ...

PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Tuesday opened the door to renegotiating a disputed pension reform in a bid to win over left-wing lawmakers he needs to pass the 2025 budget.

The most contested part of the reform – being the ... By contrast, Britain’s state pension age is set to rise from 66 to 67 by 2026. Protests erupted across France in 2023 as millions of ...

Pension reform was a key campaign promise by Boric, who rode a wave of left-wing optimism to the presidency following mass protests against inequality. Chile's current private pension system ...

Bayrou's concession underlined the scale of France's political turmoil as he prepared to spend his first weeks in office reworking the hard-won 2023 pension reform under pressure from the left ...

The new prime minister of France ... of the reform was unlocking billions in funds to narrow a budget deficit and maintain pensions stability. The effort unleashed months of mass protests from ...

France has been in a near-constant state of protest for the last 14 months. From Yellow Vests to pension reform protesters ... strike has now gripped France against proposed pension reforms ...

He said the minimum age of 64 to draw a full pension, the most contested part of the 2023 reform, should not be a taboo. Read moreStaying in office is the main challenge for troubled France's new ...