Outraged by the decree’s approval, protesters blocked train stations, Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport and refineries. The wave of violence and claims increased this Thursday after the president gave a 35-minute interview to the two main television networks in the country, TF1 and the public France 2about the project you are looking for delay the retirement age from 62 to 64 by 2030 and advance to 2027 the requirement to contribute 43 years, and not 42, to collect a full pension.
“This reform is necessary. It doesn’t make me happy. I would have preferred not to“, Macron pointed out. In addition, he assured that the pension reform must be applied “by the end of the year.”
For the president, the social anger around the pension reform, which forces people to work two more years, is fueled by the benefits of large companies: “There is a certain cynicism when large companies have such exceptional benefits that they can even buy their own shares”.
Services were disrupted on high-speed and regional trains, the Paris metro, and public transportation systems in other major cities. From the Paris Orly airport they announced that 30% of the flights were cancelled.
Violence and social chaos, in the midst of a political crisis, have increased in recent days with the crystallization of the project promoted by Macron and his prime minister, Élisabeth Bornewho made the adoption of this measure effective by avoiding Parliament for fear of losing the vote in the National Assembly (lower house), where the Government lacks an absolute majority.
A pension reform that eludes the parliamentary vote
The French prime minister aspires to raise the retirement age of 62 to 64 years and increase to 43 the years of contribution necessary to receive a full pension, a measure that has generated a wave of protests in the country.
After weeks of mobilizations in the streets, the This week, the government used a constitutional provision, through article 49.3 of the Constitution, that allows circumventing the parliamentary vote to approve the reform.
After this controversial maneuver, deputies from opposition forces presented two motions of censure against the government and thousands of protesters took to the streets again in various cities of the country.
On this Monday, two opposition proposals they sought to block the official initiative that will raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 years from 2030 through a vote of no confidence in Élisabeth Borne, Prime Minister. However, the Government managed to overcome this new barrierand against all obstacles, Go ahead with the reform.
Source: Ambito
