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January 13, 2020

French Government Backing Down on Efforts to Raise Retirement Age
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In France, the government is backing down on its effort to raise the
retirement age, as transportation workers and other unions continue a
massive strike now entering its sixth week. On Saturday, the French
government caved to some of the protesters' demands and said it would
temporarily scrap the proposal to raise the full-benefits retirement
age, the most controversial part of French President Emmanuel Macron's
proposed pension overhaul. Despite the concession, some unionized
workers remain on strike today across France.


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