France hit by severe disruption in mass strike, protests over pensions

plan to join unions at the protests in Paris and cities around the country to continue to amplify their call for greater economic justice. France’s Interior Minister Christophe Castaner warned Wednesday that vandals or so-called “casseurs” could infiltrate the protests and cause damage as they did in numerous yellow vest protests last year.

Philippe Martinez, secretary general of one of France’s most powerful union confederations, told French television network BFMTV that there were “never vandals or extremists” in the confrontations processions but that the unions were not responsible for what happened outside those processions.Macron wants to simplify complex French pension regimes into one single points based system so that all French workers have the same pension rights.

He says it will make the system fairer and is what’s needed to transform France so it can compete globally in the 21st century. But unions argue it will require people to work longer, will reduce pensions and will help undermine France’s social safety net. There are currently dozens of different pensions systems where some professions have special privileges — air crews and rail workers for example are allowed early retirement while other professions, such as lawyers and doctors, pay less tax. The government has promised the legal retirement age of 62 won’t change and that some people with physically demanding jobs would be able to retire earlier, according to the Associated Press.

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