No sight of French deal on pensions as unions hold out

Source: AP

The French government and labor unions appeared far from reaching any compromise deal Friday in talks over a planned pension overhaul, with strikes and protests grinding on.

Prime Minister Edouard Philippe met all major unions and employers’ associations for negotiations that focused on two key issues: the retirement age and the financing of the new pensions system.

All unions reject the government’s plan to raise the eligibility age for full pensions from 62 to 64.

Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Paris and other French cities on Thursday to denounce the government’s plans.



A lawyer faces a riot police officer during a demonstration in Rennes, western France, Thursday Jan. 9, 2020. French rail workers, teachers, doctors, lawyers and others joined the fourth nationwide day of protests and strikes on Thursday to denounce President Emmanuel Macron's plans to overhaul the pension system. (AP Photo/David Vincent)


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