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French government plans to increase retirement age
It is expected that France will increase its legal retirement age. Trade unions plan protests, government argues with threatening collapse of the pension system and the need to balance public finance.
EU steps up efforts on pension reform
As pension reform reaches the top of the EU agenda to counter market speculation over the sustainability of public finances, a pool of eight commissioners is set to meet for the first time on Friday (11 June) to give the green light to a comprehensive roadmap centered on "adequacy" and "long-term sustainability".
Experts: EU pension proposal will hit women much harder than men
A European Commission roadmap for reforming EU pensions to be presented later this month has received a broad welcome, though some experts warned that the proposals fail to take sufficient account of gender issues and "would hit women much harder than men".
