The French do not approve of retirement at age 64 any more today than they did yesterday. In the topics of conversation measured each month by Ifop for Paris Match, they talked about PPL half as much as inflation.
For the executive, to have held out in the face of such a strong gust is a victory. But it is more by wear and tear than by knockout that this page turns. The long road of the retirement fighter comes to an end after five months of social and political turmoil.