China News Agency, Paris, February 5th (Reporter Li Yang) French officials said on the 5th local time that they have adjusted part of the retirement system reform plan.
Analysis generally believes that this move is aimed at gaining the support of more members of parliament to ensure that the relevant draft laws can pass through the parliament.
French Prime Minister Borne said on behalf of the government on the same day that more people who work early will be allowed to retire early. Specifically, people who start working at the age of 20 and 21 will be able to retire early at the age of 63 instead of 64.
But she also revealed that this content adjustment involves 30,000 people, and the annual cost can reach up to 1 billion euros, which means that the government needs to find more sources of financing.
Borne also pointed out that businesses often stop training and recruiting older workers, which is not good for the country.
French officials plan to require companies to publish specific information on how many older workers they employ.
French Labor Minister Dussop said that companies that failed to provide relevant information may face fines in the future.
French officials announced a retirement system reform plan last month, planning to delay the statutory retirement age from the current 62 to 64.
According to the latest poll released this month, 71% of respondents still oppose delaying the retirement age.
Major trade unions in France will still organize large-scale strikes and demonstrations on the 7th to oppose the reform of the retirement system.
The French National Assembly (the lower house of parliament) plans to hold a plenary session on the 6th to review the draft law on the reform of the retirement system.
France's ruling party lost its absolute majority in last year's parliamentary elections and only has a relative majority, so it needs the support of French Republican lawmakers in parliament.
French far-left and far-right parties are opposed to the reform of the retirement system.
As a traditional right-wing party, the French Republican Party tends to support delaying the retirement age.
The current chairman of the French Republican Party, Ziotti, earlier affirmed part of the official adjustment plan, believing that it will prompt most Republican lawmakers to vote for it.
However, some Republican lawmakers hinted that the current program adjustments are "still not enough" and officials need to continue to make concessions.
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