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December 12, 2019

French Workers Continue Strike After PM Unveils Details of Pension Overhaul
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In France, workers are vowing to continue their strike, after French
Prime Minister Édouard Philippe gave a televised address outlining the
proposed pension overhaul. Philippe claimed the legal retirement age
would remain 62 - although the proposed change would effectively raise
the retirement age to 64 for all people born after 1974. Union leaders
called the raising of the retirement age a "red line," and many rail
lines and schools remain shuttered today amid mass protests. Police
unions have also joined the strike, which now stretches into its second
week.


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