France's government defied trade unions on Friday by including a contested ...
PARIS - France’s government defied trade unions on Friday by including a contested clause on raising the retirement age by two years in its draft legislation, amid signs that weeks of street protests and strikes may be losing momentum.
But it has infuriated trade unions who argue the reform will erode hard-earned benefits and leave pensioners worse off. “We could not have a text that is silent on the age ,” Laurent Pietraszewski, secretary of state for pensions, told Reuters. “It is at the heart of the reform.”If Macron emerges the winner from the weeks-long showdown, he will have gone further than any other French postwar leader in shaking up the pension system.
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