01:42France: Senate adopts government’s pension reform ahead of potential knife-edge Assembly vote
French Senators adopted the government’s plan to raise the retirement age to 64 years old during a session on Thursday in Paris.
Out of the 307 senators that voted during the session, 193 voted in favor of the text, while 114 voted against it.
"An agreement was found. An agreement between the two assemblies that have been able to meet on the essentials of this pension reform. An agreement that reaffirms without ambiguity the attachment of the national representation of our system by repartition,” said Olivier Dussopt, French Labour Minister.
"We are doing this reform to preserve the patrimony of what is not their work to live and to be able to tell you that surely, eyes on the eyes, your pensions will not decrease, your wages will not decrease, and your taxes will not increase," added Gabriel Attal, French Minister of Public Action and Accounts.
On Thursday afternoon, French deputies will hold a session at the National Assembly to vote on the reform.
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French Senators adopted the government’s plan to raise the retirement age to 64 years old during a session on Thursday in Paris.
Out of the 307 senators that voted during the session, 193 voted in favor of the text, while 114 voted against it.
"An agreement was found. An agreement between the two assemblies that have been able to meet on the essentials of this pension reform. An agreement that reaffirms without ambiguity the attachment of the national representation of our system by repartition,” said Olivier Dussopt, French Labour Minister.
"We are doing this reform to preserve the patrimony of what is not their work to live and to be able to tell you that surely, eyes on the eyes, your pensions will not decrease, your wages will not decrease, and your taxes will not increase," added Gabriel Attal, French Minister of Public Action and Accounts.
On Thursday afternoon, French deputies will hold a session at the National Assembly to vote on the reform.