French trade union leaders walk out of talks with Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne after failing to find a compromise on the contentious pension reform plan
The government argues that reform is needed to make the French pension system financially sustainable in the coming years as France's population ages.
A giant banner emblazoned with the words: "64, it's no" was displayed by unionists on the top of the Arc de Triomphe monument soon after the meeting broke up. "We have chosen to end that useless meeting," the head of the CGT union, Sophie Binet, told reporters. "We have found in front of us a radicalised, stubborn, disconnected government. It's a slap in the face of the millions of French who take to the streets.
Borne was adamant about the necessity of the planned reform. “I told them again I am convinced… of the need for a reform,” she said. Unions say other options are possible, like making companies and the wealthy pay more to finance the pension system.
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