and stiffening the requirements for a full pension are required to balance the pension system. France lags most of its European neighbours, which have hiked the retirement age to 65 or above.

PARIS, March 7 (Reuters) - France's nationwide strike against a planned pension reform, which disrupted train services, shut schools and halted fuel deliveries, will spill into Wednesday as unions ...

Mostly small, scattered protests were held in cities around France, some degenerating late Monday into violent incidents. In ...

In Paris, rubbish collectors have started an open-ended strike and blocked on Tuesday ... should pitch in more to finance the pension system. France’s eight main unions and five youth ...

The government's planned pension reform includes raising the ... February 11th - this will be the fourth day of widespread strike action. France's largest trade unions made a joint announcement ...

9:12pm: France to carry on strikes Strikes against the government's pension reform bill are to continue until the latter is withdrawn, trade unions said. The CGT union said workers had voted to ...

Pensions are retirement plans for employees that have increasingly fallen out of favor in the United States in recent decades ...

In Paris, garbage collectors have started an open-ended strike and blocked on Tuesday ... should pitch in more to finance the pension system. France's eight main unions and five youth ...

Should 60 be the age of retirement? As an individual who is in their 50s, would you want to retire at 60? I'm asking this ...

"The strike has begun everywhere," said Eric ... has called the reform "essential" because of deficits forecast for France's pension system over the next 25 years, according to analysis by the ...

PARIS (AP) — Demonstrators were marching across France on Tuesday in a new round of protests and ... most visibly an open-ended strike at the SNCF national rail authority. Philippe Martinez, head of ...