Get ready for riots. Macron trying to increase pension age in France

[Upper Canada Tory]

Absolutely ridiculous that French labour unions are shutting down entire sectors of the economy via strike action including much of the taxpayer-funded public sector (schools, transport, utilities) with protesters blocking fuel deliveries over a pension reform that would be accepted relatively nonchalantly in most developed countries. 64 is still below the retirement age in most of the developed world, while France has a life expectancy of 83. Labour unions should never have the power to indefinitely shut down the economy and taxpayer-funded government services not even over a labour contract but a decision by a democratically elected government. Changing the retirement age is like any government policy in a democracy, some can agree, others disagree, those who disagree can protest but they can't shut down government services indefinitely and block fuel deliveries. Absurd and unacceptable.