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French President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to increase the retirement age to preserve the financial balance of the national pension system may get the backing of the Republican opposition party, its leader Eric Ciotti said.
An overhaul that would progressively raise the retirement age from 62 currently to 64 in 2032 may be acceptable, the president of the conservative party said in an interview
published in Le Journal du Dimanche. Raising the smallest minimum pensions will be key to clinching a deal, Ciotti added.
The conditional support is good news for Macron’s party, which lost the outright majority in the lower house of Parliament last year.
Macron had pushed for a new retirement age of 65 during the election campaign, though the government has since signaled willingness to compromise.