The Constitutional Council will decide Friday whether to approve, tweak or reject the pension legislation increasing the minimum retirement age.
People across France are anxiously awaiting a court ruling Friday on the legality of controversial legislation to raise the retirement age that has sparked the country’s most significant wave of unrest in years.The Constitutional Council, France’s highest constitutional authority, is expected to decide whether to approve, tweak or reject the pension change, which would raise the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64.
Protesters have flooded the streets of Paris and other French cities, while striking workers have shut down roads and railways.Opponents of the pension overhaul, including influential unions, say French workers have battled hard to maintain a lower minimum retirement age than many of its European neighbors — and that this benefit lies at the heart of the social contract in France.
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