President Emmanuel Macron says the French must work longer or else the pension budget will fall billions of euros into the red each year by the end of the decade.
Macron's opponents took the reform to the Constitutional Council on the grounds that it was tacked onto a social security budget bill, which curtailed parliamentary debate, and was then forced through without a final vote in parliament. "The country must continue to move forward, work, and face the challenges that await us," Macron said earlier this week.
Macron will organise a meeting with unions and employers groups on Tuesday, his office said - an initiative unions have said will be short-lived if he is not ready to discuss withdrawing the pension legislation.The legislation foresees that the increased legal retirement age will be implemented gradually, with the age lifted by three months each year starting from this September, until 2030.
Well, w/ advancing medicine prolonging life to higher ages, I can see why they want workers to work extra years. Do the people realise that? We're working slaves. That's how the working class is seen. Live longer, then work longer. You get what you vote for.
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