The initiative had 201 votes in favor and 115 against, although to enter into force it must be agreed by the two chambers of Parliamentfor which there is a legal deadline until the 26th of this month, according to the AFP news agency.
The project encouraged by the government of the president Emmanuel Macron It postulates that the retirement age be raised progressively, at a rate of three months per year, starting on September 1, 2023.
In that way, the age 64 requirement will take effect only in 2030.
At the same time, the initiative proposes that in order to obtain a full retirement credit, without discounts, the required contribution period increases from 42 to 43 years, at a rate of one quarter per year until 2027.
Opposition to Macron’s pension reform
Two out of three French people oppose the reform, according to various surveys, as well as the main union organizations, which since January 19 held six days -the last one yesterday- of a general strike and massive street protests.
The protests against this initiative they began on January 19 and since that date there have already been six days of paralysis of the main activities in the country. “We have managed to show the determination of the world of work,” said the leader of the French Democratic Confederation of Labor (CFDT), Laurent Berger, who also highlighted a “historic mobilization” at the start of the demonstration in Paris, the AFP agency reported. Besides He maintained that the government “cannot continue turning a deaf ear.”
According to estimates from the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), the mobilization this Tuesday summoned 700,000 protesters, 200,000 more than on January 31 when the largest mobilization against a social reform in three decades was registered and that throughout the country brought together between 1.27 and 2.8 million protesters.
Source: Ambito
