Sylvie Corbet, The Associated Press

Sylvie Corbet, The Associated Press

France’s new PM says he’ll renegotiate contested plan to raise retirement age

France’s new Prime Minister François Bayrou announced this week the renegotiation of a contested plan raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, in a crucial move to seek more stability for his minority government. In his first address to lawmakers at the National Assembly, Bayrou vowed to seek “a new path of reform, without […]

  • January 16, 2025 January 15, 2025
  • 15:00

France enters crucial week of talks with unions on pensions

French President Emmanuel Macron is preparing to launch a crucial week of negotiations with labour unions amid nationwide protests and transport strikes against the government’s plans to overhaul the pension system. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told France Inter radio that “a compromise has never been so close,” as talks between the prime minister […]

  • January 6, 2020 November 30, 2020
  • 09:35