The French Constitutional Council recognized the legal pension reform and approved the increase in the retirement age to 64 years. It is reported by AFP.
The agency recalls that the judges of the council had to determine whether the content of the law and the way it was adopted corresponded to the Constitution.
At the same time, as the BFMTV channel notes, the Constitutional Council rejected a number of points of the bill on pension reform, including the point on the introduction of fines for enterprises that refuse to employ citizens over 55 years old.
French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to sign the law within two days.
Recall that the pension reform was adopted by the government on March 16. It involves raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 years.
There were two main complaints about the adoption of the reform: the government introduced the reform of the pension system not as a separate bill, but as amendments to the draft budget on social security. The corresponding draft was used as a special tool for “pulling through” the reform, and abused the opportunity to adopt bills without consideration by parliament.
MPs on the left called the use of the budget bill an “abuse of procedure” and those on the far right called it an “improper legislative instrument.”
The pension reform project has caused demonstrations and strikes throughout the country.
Source: Rosbalt
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