A meeting of the lower house of parliament (National Assembly of France) on the adoption of the bill is scheduled for the afternoon. If the document is approved, the bill will be considered adopted.
Recall that French Prime Minister Elisabeth Born presented a bill on January 10 that would increase the retirement age in the country and abolish “special” schemes for a number of difficult professions. According to her, the authorities will start raising the retirement age in the country by three months a year from September 1, 2023. Thus, in 2030, it will reach 64 years.
Large-scale protests against pension reform in France have been taking place since March 8. Massive clashes between demonstrators and security forces have been observed on several occasions.
Earlier, citing data from France’s largest trade union, the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), it was reported that on the eighth day of protests, 1.7 million people took to the streets in French cities.
