An emblematic measure of François Mitterrand's first seven-year term, retirement at age 60 is a decision from which France has never recovered.
If, in 1981, the former socialist president had not lowered the retirement age from 65 to 60, France would probably never have spoken of the problem of pensions.
Because by advancing the retirement age by 5 years even as life expectancy increased by 8 years, we practically doubled the time spent in retirement without changing the funding rules.
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In 2010, Nicolas Sarkozy raised the bar from 60 to 62, temporarily filling the deficits.
Continuing on this momentum, in 2017, the candidate Fillon proposed to move to 64 years, while the outlook was deteriorating again.
Facing him, Emmanuel Macron, then denying any financial difficulty, pledged not to return to the legal age of 62 years.
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