France. Reshaping pensions: President Macron’s ambitious plans
France has a complex, inequitable pensions system; and a powerful, well dug-in set of unions. The president’s stated goals have put him on a collision course with both: David Whitehouse considers his policy of equal benefits for equal contributions ‘Demography is destiny’ is a powerful idea – and one with substantive repercussions for developed countries facing ageing populations, increased life expectancy and rising incidents of long-term medical conditions, while saddled with pension systems conceived in a different era. It seems the...
