Do we really need to work longer? France’s pension reform and the changing labour market
By France24
08 March 2023 |
7:19 am
France is growing older. However, Europe's record-breaking life expectancy has a downside: in order to pay for its increasingly healthy legion of retirees, the French right wing says there's no other option but to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.
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