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PARIS, February 7 (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron and his government on Tuesday law is preparing for nationwide strikes and a third wave of protests against plans to make the French work longer before retirement as the bill begins to move through parliament.
Rail services will be disrupted, school lessons cancellation will be done and supply to refineries will be affected as workers in many sectors walk out and unions have called for the public to take to the streets again in large numbers.
The government says that the industry is the most generous pension To keep the budget of one of the systems in the black, people have to work two years longer, that is, until the age of 64 in most cases.
The French are the most among OECD countries pension they spend their years – polls show that the vast majority do not want to give up.
Labor Minister Olivier Dussopt legislators in parliament on Monday afternoon law while starting to discuss the project, “Our pension our system is structurally in deficit,” he said. “We act for our generations and future generations.”
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The government says that the reform will be 17 per year until 2030 billion from euro (18 billion dollars) will allow for very general savings.
Unions and left-wing opponents say the money can be found elsewhere, especially from the wealthy. Macron National Conservative opponents, who need the support of a working majority in the Assembly, want benefits for young workers.
Former socialist the president “If the richest do not contribute, the reform will never be accepted,” François Hollande told BFM TV. “In all past pension reforms, even (conservative) Nicolas Sarkozy’s, the highest earners contributed.”
“There’s nothing here.”
January During the first two days of the strike action, which began in May, more than a million people in different cities of France march passed, as public pressure intensified against the government, which insisted that it would stick to its main reform plans.
In Parliament 20More than ,000 amendments are before lawmakers, the vast majority of whom are from the leftist Nupes alliance. However, reform annual social security law since it is included in the project, the government can send it to the Senate in just two weeks.
As a concession to conservatives, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne to allow some early workers to retire early offer did – but Les Republicains (LR) MPs offer which is 20-Disagreeed on whether 21 is young enough.
Aurelien Pradie, the leading LR critic of the current proposal, said, “The sooner someone starts working, the sooner he stops working. How hard to understand @Elisabeth_Borne,” she said.
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Reporting by Elizabeth Pineau and Richard Lough Editing by Mark Potter
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2023-02-07 11:42:39
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