Macron insists pension reform is needed, despite protests
Source: AP
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PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron insisted on the need for raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 in order to make the French pension system financially sustainable in the coming years, in a letter to workers’ unions released Friday.
The move comes after more than a million demonstrators marched in cities and towns across France this week as train and metro drivers, refinery workers and others started open-ended strikes against the centrist government’s plan.
Unions called for more protests on Saturday. They demand the withdrawal of the bill, which is being debated at the Senate this week.
According to the letter provided by the president’s office, Macron said he made the choice to “make the French work a little longer” because other options, which he rejected, would have involved “decreasing pensions, raising taxes or letting our children and grandchildren carry the financial burden.”
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Hundreds of thousands in the streets.
GOP wants to raise the age from 65- to 70 or retire SS and Medicare all together…crickets.
