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‘Don’t Touch My Retirement!’ Wins the Day in France

The country’s attachment to an early pension, seen as a fundamental right, forced a major concession by the government, allowing it to survive, for now.

© Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times

People demonstrating in 2023 in Bordeaux, France, against pension reform. Many had thought the fight over raising the retirement age was settled, but that was not the case.
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