Chinanews.com, March 12th, comprehensive foreign media reports, on the 11th local time, the French Senate voted through the retirement system reform plan with 195 votes in favor and 112 votes against.
A key measure of the plan is to gradually increase the retirement age from 62 to 64.
French Prime Minister Borne said: "After hundreds of hours of discussion, the Senate passed the retirement system reform plan, which is a key step in realizing the reform and will guarantee the future of our pension system."
According to Reuters, after the French Senate passes the bill, a joint committee may review it on the 15th; if the committee reaches a consensus on the text of the bill, the two chambers are expected to hold a final vote on the 16th.
Protests and demonstrations broke out again in many places in France before the Senate began to vote.
Some protesters set fire to trash and damaged bus stops, street lights and other city facilities.
Police clashed with protesters, using pepper spray to disperse the crowd.
Paris police said 32 people were detained.
According to data from the French Ministry of the Interior, more than 368,000 people have launched demonstrations in many parts of the country, which is less than the previous forecast of 1 million people.
According to the French Confederation of Trade Unions (CGT), 300,000 people participated in the protests in Paris and more than 1 million people across France.
French President Emmanuel Macron's refusal to accept a request for a meeting of union leaders had fueled protesters' resolve, the CGT union leader said ahead of the demonstrations in Paris.
The Associated Press stated that Macron had sent a letter to trade unions a few days ago stating that he chose to "let the French work longer" because other options would involve "reducing pensions, raising taxes, or letting our children and grandchildren bear the financial burden."
On January 10, French Prime Minister Borne announced a reform plan for the retirement system, planning to gradually increase the statutory retirement age from 62 to 64 by 2030, and promised to increase the minimum pension standard.
In order to reduce resistance to implementation, the program plans to increase the minimum pension standard to 85% of the minimum wage standard.
Borne also announced that the retirement age for some special and difficult industries can be relaxed as appropriate.
Reform of the retirement system is an important topic for the Macron government.
Macron began planning to reform the retirement system during his first term as president.
However, due to many obstacles and the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, the reform process of the retirement system was not smooth, and was even shelved for a time.