Europe 1 with AFP 8:10 p.m., January 30, 2023
President Emmanuel Macron said pension reform was "indispensable when you compare yourself in Europe" and to "save our system" by pay-as-you-go, on the eve of a national strike day.
The Head of State also supported Elisabeth Borne's statements on a postponement of the age which is "no longer negotiable".
Pension reform is "indispensable when we compare ourselves in Europe" and to "save our system" by distribution, declared Emmanuel Macron on the eve of the second day of demonstrations and strikes at the call of the unions opposed to the postponement of starting age at 64.
Asked at a press conference in The Hague about the words of his Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne, who declared this weekend that postponing the age was "no longer negotiable", the head of state said assured: "when she says something, she says it with good reasons and I support her".
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