Demonstration against pension reform, January 4, 2020 in Paris. - CEDRIC BUFKENS / SIPA

The establishment of a pivotal age below which it will not be possible to leave with a full-rate retirement, continues to tighten. Two-thirds of French people (66%) say they are in fact opposed to this point of the pension reform, according to an Elabe poll for the Opinion made public Monday and carried out on the Internet with 1,004 people according to the quota method.

French people mainly opposed to the reform in the state

The other measures of this reform, on the other hand, are approved by the majority of respondents: 54% (+2) are in favor of setting up a point-based pension scheme and 65% (-2) in favor of abolishing it of the 42 existing plans, including special plans. In total, more than half (53%, -4) are opposed to the reform in the state.

Regarding the protest movement accompanied by strikes in transport for more than a month, the same proportion (53%, -1) continues to support it when 38% (+1) disapproves of it. For 43% (-3) of those questioned, the government is responsible for the current social conflict and for 23% (+2) it is the unions which are responsible for it. Finally, two-thirds (62%) of those questioned believe that the recent concessions granted to certain categories (police, opera dancers, pilots, etc.) distort the initial project, even if 56% find them justified for specific professions.

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