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 ...

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.

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 ...

The rolling transport strikes that crippled Paris through much of December and January have stopped, as empty pay packets post-Christmas took their toll. Instead there has been a change of tactic ...

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 ...

What are Macron's proposals? Under Macron's plan, France will move to a single, universal state pension system based on average salaries and how long people have worked, rather than final salaries.

CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP Fresh strikes hit trains, schools and refineries in France on Tuesday, February 7, over an unpopular pension reform pushed by President Emmanuel Macron, with nationwide ...

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 ...

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 ...

French commuters and tourists braced for a fifth day of public transport chaos Monday as the government prepared to respond to widespread anger over pension ... streets across France in a mass ...