Protests erupt as French government forces through higher retirement age

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

The French government has forced through controversial plans to raise the country’s retirement age from 62 to 64, a move likely to inflame the country’s weeks-long protest movement.

French President Emmanuel Macron will trigger special constitutional powers to enact the proposed pension reform bill, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced Thursday in the National Assembly, which had not yet voted on the proposal.

“We cannot bet on the future of our pensions,” Borne said amid jeers and chants from lawmakers. “This reform is necessary.”

Labor leaders in France called for new demonstrations following Borne’s announcement, with several thousand people converging at Paris’ Place de la Concorde and in several other cities in France on Thursday evening.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/16/europe/france-pension-reform-strikes-intl/index.html

[Meadowoak]

1. We should be doing the same.

[ancianita]

2. Why?

[Meadowoak]

4. Protesting against cuts, raising age requirements.

[Delmette2.0]

3. We already did. From 65 to 67 years old.

[Meadowoak]

5. We should have protested then, now they want to raise it to 70, then what? 80?

[Delmette2.0]

6. Yes, you are right.

[SouthernDem4ever]

8. Just because the lumps sitting on their ass in congress can do that until they are 70 or 80

doesn't mean people that actually physically do work can.

[Meadowoak]

9. I know I couldn't, my body was beat down to the point I coulo

Work anymore before 62.

[CTyankee]

11. I waited for the higher benefit at age 67 to retire.

The problem is age discrimination or was in my case. New boss getting rid of all the older workers so she could get younger workers at a lower wage. She was fired for that.

[Hiawatha Pete]

7. +1 n/t

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

10. Macron's govt could be toppled this week, 2 no confidence votes coming up, oou la la

Germany raised their retirement age to 67 with changing demographics, less workers, more retirements will do that

[brooklynite]

13. Nope...

Neither vote succeeded.

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

14. Yeah, just saw that, that will bring out more protests, for sure!

[ripcord]

12. Be careful what you ask for

I retired too early and it was driving me crazy. I went back to work for my boss after retirement and when that was done a friend asked me if I knew a professional driver who wanted to get into cannabis transportation. Now I am a 61 year old cannabis salesman in California and am really enjoying it, I like the people I work with and get to meet new people all the time.