April 14, 2023, 10:51 PM
April 14, 2023, 10:51 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron enacted the unpopular law on the pension reform delay the retirement age and extends the requirement of years of contribution, as published in the Official Gazette on Saturday.
The French presidency had already indicated that the law could be promulgated on Saturday or Sunday after the Constitutional Council validated the key measures of the reform promoted by Macron on Friday.
However, the unions urged him in a statement not to do so as “the only way to calm the anger expressed in the country”, a request that was joined by the left and far-right opposition.
The head of state had 15 days to validate the text.
The nine “wise men” of the Constitutional Council rejected some points of the law, but validated the key measures how to push the retirement age from 62 to 64 by 2030 and demand to contribute 43 years, and not 42, from 2027 to collect a full pension.
Also they dismissed a request by the left-wing opposition to call a referendum to limit the retirement age to 62 years.
The reform has caused for three months a intense political turmoil and a wave of social protests in France.
