Macron and his government want to lift the legal retirement age by two years to 64 to prevent the pension budget from falling deep into deficit.
PARIS, France – France needs to “go through a healing period” after weeks of sometimes violent street protests against plans to raise the retirement age, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said, though she offered no clear path out of the political turmoil.
Although lower numbers in street marches across France on Thursday indicated the protests may be losing steam, the reform is deeply unpopular and underlined Macron’s weakened position now that he is shorn of a working majority in parliament. Union leaders and protesters say the only way out of the crisis is for the legislation to be scrapped – an option the government has repeatedly rejected.
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