The updated pension policy in Francethat increases the retirement age from 62 to 64 yearsand the increase in 2027 of the contribution period from 42 to 43 years to collect a full pension, has unleashed a series of protests in the European country.
Unions have called marches to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with the reform proposed by Emmanuel Macronalthough attendance has fallen in the middle of the winter school holidays, so new groups have been announced in March.
“There will be a great day on the 7th and a special initiative on the 8th for International Women’s Day,” Yvan Ricordeau, national secretary of the CFDT union, told AFP two days before new marches that are expected to be massive.
Only on January 31 they mobilized between 1.27 and 2.8 million peoplein the biggest protest against a social reform in three decades.
Despite popular rejection, the government has refused to reverse its reform and chose a controversial parliamentary procedure that allows it to apply it at the end of March, although the two chambers of Parliament have not ruled by then. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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