The new prime minister of France has announced he will renegotiate ... financing and the “financial balance” of the pension system is maintained. The plan to raise the retirement age from ...

However, analysts believe that in order to balance the books, the government will need to take an axe to France’s generous pension system – which accounts for over a quarter of public spending.

Meanwhile, In that time, France’s Cour des Comptes has been tasked with delivering definitive figures on the pension system and its financing to give negotiators the financial facts and figures ...

Bayrou said earlier in the speech that reforming France's pension system was "absolutely vital". French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Tuesday opened the door to renegotiating a 2023 pension ...

A day of strikes and protests kicked off in France on January 19 ... for the government as workers oppose a deeply unpopular pensions overhaul. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP) (Photo by ALAIN ...

Macron has maintained that the change, which remains extremely unpopular, was necessary to keep France’s pension system solvent. For international observers seeking to gauge eurozone stability, ...

France's new prime minister ... "We cannot deteriorate the financial balance" of the pension system, Bayrou insisted. On the other side of the political spectrum, the conservatives had warned ...

(Bloomberg) -- France’s Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said he would open the contested 2023 pension reform to renegotiation ... balance of the vast public system, and should three-months ...

PARIS — French conservatives are urging Prime Minister François Bayrou to uphold the controversial law that raised the retirement age in France amid reports that his government may dilute the measure ...