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Amid an ongoing political crisis in France that has lasted for several weeks, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced on Tuesday the suspension of the 2023 pension reform, which has sparked widespread public anger. This decision comes in response to a key demand from the Socialist Party to avoid the government’s collapse.
In a speech on public policy, Lecornu revealed his intention to propose to the parliament the suspension of the pension reform “until the next presidential elections” scheduled for 2027. This move is at the center of intense political debate, as the law passed during President Emmanuel Macron’s second term in 2023 raises the retirement age to 64, despite having been approved without a parliamentary vote.
The Socialist Party’s call for suspension is a crucial condition to maintain government stability, with their votes playing a decisive role in preventing the government’s fall and averting the threat of early legislative elections. In a related development, French economist and recent Nobel Prize laureate, Philippe Aghion, called for a “halt” to all measures related to pension reform until the upcoming presidential elections in 2027, emphasizing the importance of this issue for the proper functioning of French democracy.
