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French Prime Minister Elizabeth Born revealed on Tuesday the details of the pension reform project, one of the main points of which is to raise the normal retirement age from 62 years now to 64 years by 2030. Following this announcement, trade unions in France launched a joint call to strike on January 19. .
French Prime Minister Elizabeth Born proposed, on Tuesday, to raise the normal retirement age from 62 years now to 64 years by 2030. President Emmanuel Macron stressed in his New Year’s speech the necessity Fix this system Which is opposed by trade union organizations and the political opposition.
“The legal retirement age will gradually rise three months a year, to reach 64 in 2030,” the prime minister said during her presentation of the project.
“I am well aware that changing the pension system raises questions and fears among the French people,” Bourne added, adding that the government’s task now is to mobilize public support for the reform.
Following this announcement, Laurent Berger, Secretary General of the French Democratic Confederation of Labor, confirmed that all trade unions agreed to launch a joint call for strikes and demonstrations on January 19 to protest the proposed government reform. He added, “It is one of the most draconian reforms in the past 30 years (…) This is the beginning of a movement.”
The project before the Council of Ministers in late January
The Council of Ministers will consider the text on January 23, and then present the bill to committee in the National Assembly from January 30 and in Parliament on February 6.
President Emmanuel Macron, 44, pledged to raise the retirement age after he had retracted the plan, which drew widespread criticism during his first five years at the helm of France.
However, after losing the parliamentary majority in June 2022, the centrist president is facing many difficulties in issuing legislation, at a time when increasing inflation is weighing on the general atmosphere.
It is likely that the position of public opinion on reforming the retirement system and strikes will be decisive in determining whether Macron will succeed in the reform that he canceled in 2020 after protests and the start of the spread of the Corona virus.
Observers expect the government to resort to a controversial constitutional mechanism, “Article 49.3,” which allows the executive branch to issue legislation through the National Assembly without a vote.
If opposition parties unite in opposition to the measure or demand no confidence in the government, they can hold new elections.
France 24 / agencies