For months, people in have been protesting the government's plan to increase the pension age from 62 to 64. According to polls, more than 70 per cent of the public is against the move.
Protests and demonstrations have been ongoing for months. On January 31, the biggest day of national protests, 1.27 million people are estimated to have taken to the street. The French are deeply attached to keeping the official retirement age at 62, which is among the lowest in European countries.
French President Emmanuel Macron made the proposed pension changes the key priority of his second term, arguing that reform is needed to make the French economy more competitive and to keep the pension system from diving into deficit. France, like many richer nations, faces lower birth rates and longer life expectancy.
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