Kendall Jenner shows off PDA with a masked Bad Bunny as rumored couple spend time at Coachella where rapper suffers an awkward technical blunder Unions have also warned of more strikes to come.Ĭhris Eubank alienates himself from his Scared Of The Dark co-stars with another outrageous demand after row with blind comic Chris McCausland On January 31, the biggest day of national protests, 1.27 million people are estimated to have taken to the street. Protests and demonstrations have been ongoing for months. They have called the new retirement age unfair - particularly to low-skilled workers in manual jobs who start their work earlier than someone with a degree would. What do critics of the new pension age say?Ī number of France's trade unions say only a small increase in contributions would be enough. The government says this will allow pensions for the poorest 30 per cent of the country to increase from 2.5 to five per cent. Through the new law, an additional €17.7 billion will be made in pension contributions (£15.5 billion) each year. This is significantly lower than in Germany at 61 per cent and Sweden at 69 per cent. Just 33 per cent of 60 to 64-year-olds are employed in France. From September, the retirement age will increase by three months each year until 2030. The new retirement age will be 64, rising by two years from the current age of 62. Similar scenes repeated themselves in numerous other cities, from Rennes and Nantes in eastern France to Lyon and the southern port city of Marseille, where shop windows and bank fronts were smashed, local French media reported. Small groups then moved through nearby streets in the chic Champs-Elysees neighborhood, setting off street fires along the way. On Thursday, thousands gathered in protest at the Place de la Concorde.Īs night fell, police officers charged the demonstrators in waves to clear the Place. More than eight out of 10 people are unhappy with the government's decision to skip a vote in parliament, and 65 per cent want strikes and protests to continue, a Toluna Harris Interactive poll for RTL radio showed. The French are deeply attached to keeping the official retirement age at 62, which is among the lowest in European countries. His calculated risk infuriated opposition lawmakers, many citizens and unions. Macron ordered Borne on Thursday to wield a special constitutional power to push the highly unpopular pension bill through without a vote in the National Assembly, France's lower house of parliament. A pedestrian walks past full waste bins in Paris' 2nd district as rubbish collectors strike against pension reforms, leaving many streets in the capital piled with stinking waste on March 17, 2023
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