Protests against pension reform in France

In the fight against the government's plans for a pension reform in France, trade unions have called for new strikes and protests across the country for Saturday. The government in Paris wants to gradually raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. In addition, the number of payment years required for a full pension should increase more quickly. The unions consider the project unfair and brutal.

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Currently, the retirement age in France is 62 years. In fact, retirement begins later on average: those who have not paid in long enough to be entitled to a full pension work longer. At the age of 67 there is then a pension without deductions, regardless of how long it has been paid in - the government wants to keep this. She wants to increase the monthly minimum pension to around 1,200 euros.

There have been massive strikes and protests against the reform in recent weeks. According to the Interior Ministry, more than a million people took part on Tuesday. The union CGT spoke of 3.5 million participants.