French trade unions warn Macron of protests.
According to Sputnik, the strike of French airport employees led to the cancellation of many flights in the country in the coming days. Charles de Gaulle, Orly and Beauvais airports in Paris, as well as other airports in France’s largest cities, will cancel about 20 to 30 percent of their flights on March 7 and 8, less than a week away, due to a nationwide strike.
The French Civil Aviation Authority (GDAC) announced that the nationwide strike is to protest the controversial pension reforms of the Macron government.
Earlier, the French trade unions had announced their request to hold a nationwide strike against the controversial pension plan of the Macron government next week. The trade unions have warned the Macron government that they will blockade the entire country with a general strike on March 7 if the current pension plan is not cancelled.
Since the announcement of the French government’s plan to make pension conditions more difficult in less than a month, there have been four general strikes in France, in which hundreds of thousands of workers participated and held street demonstrations.
Earlier, the German newspaper Tageschau wrote in an article: “French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced that she still adheres to the plan to reform the pension rules in this country. From the point of view of the French government, the reform of pensions is necessary and this is urgent.” “
The reforms considered by the French government especially foresee the gradual increase of the retirement age from 62 years to 64 years until 2030. Accordingly, if citizens want to retire without deduction, they must have paid insurance premiums for 43 years in the future. Anyone who succeeds in doing so should receive a higher minimum pension of €1,200 in the future.
The French government believes that longer working hours should help offset the expected shortfall of pension funds. “We will not increase wage costs or taxes because our goal is full employment and with this project we will ensure that pension funds are financially balanced by 2030,” Bourne said.
