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Hottest political issue: Why France keeps fighting over retirement age
Khaleej Times
|October 17, 2025
Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has once again proved that pension reform is the hottest of hot button political issues in France, pledging to suspend a deeply unpopular 2023 overhaul to save his government from collapse.
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French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and Minister of Agriculture, Agri-Food and Food Sovereignty Annie Genevard attend a debate before votes on two no-confidence motions against the French government during a public session at the National Assembly in Paris on Thursday.
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Lecornu promised on Tuesday to put President Emmanuel Macron's flagship reform on ice until after 2027 presidential elections to win a commitment from Socialists not to back votes of no-confidence against him.
Hard-won after weeks of street protests in 2023 and rammed through parliament without a vote, the reform gradually raises the statutory retirement age from 62 to 64 by 2030.
This story is from the October 17, 2025 edition of Khaleej Times.
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