Numerous press agencies have reported that the French Senate has passed the unpopular pension reforms as proposed by President Emmanuel Macron. Late on March 11, the outcome was 195-112; the bill’s key measure is to raise the retirement age by two years to 64.
Reuters reported, “Now that the Senate has adopted the bill, it will be reviewed by a joint committee of lower and upper house lawmakers,” probably on Wednesday, March 15. “If the committee agrees on a text, a final vote in both chambers is likely to take place on Thursday, but the outcome of that still seems uncertain in the lower chamber, the National Assembly, where Macron’s party needs allies’ votes for a majority.”
