France plans to raise retirement age to 64, angering labor

The proposed changes will set off strikes by trade unions next week. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said the reform is an effort to fiscally balance the country’s pension system.

The French government on Tuesday said it would increase the retirement age from 62 to 64 by 2030, a move that will enrage the country’s powerful labor unions.

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