All sectors of France They have taken to the streets to protest against the pension reform. Even in the most iconic places, like the Louvre museum. The government’s plan, which is currently in the process of being processed by parliament, proposes changing the retirement age of 62 to 64 years. With this change people are going to have to quote from 42 to 43 and 44 years to enjoy a full pension, points out the political analyst Antonine de Laporte.

Those years of contribution that will be required in France to collect 100% of the pension are still well above the 37 that will be required from 2027 in Spain. In our country, also in the middle of the reform process, the retirement age it will be 67 years by 2027. It is the same age that there is right now in Italy, Greece or Denmark, above the 65 European average and the 60 years of Austria and Poland. Many of these countries will also push their age back in the coming years.

The Secretary of Public Policies and Social Protection of CCOO, Carlos Bravopoints out that each country is creating its own system to deal with the aging in Europe. “For example, France has a system in which the pension is built with two benefits: a basic benefit and a generalized complementary benefit, through a system of mutuals.”

The French reform affects only that first part of the benefit. The Senate has until tomorrow to give the green light to the text, but it has already voted in favor of delaying the age to 64 years. Laporte explains that Emmanuel Macron He has had to negotiate with the right-wing majority in the Senate to push through the reform. “For this reason, they cannot give much to the unions, because if not, the right will not vote for the reform,” he argues.

Bravo also pays attention to this aspect. “The big difference between what is happening in France and what is happening in Spain is that, in Spain, with the only exception, already corrected, of the 2013 reform, all the reforms have been agreed upon with the social partners and with large parliamentary majorities. Both countries, right now, are about below the European average of workers over 65 years of age: 3.3% in France and 2.4% in Spain.