French Senate Backs Pension Bill Ahead of Assembly Vote
A voting session on the government's pension reform at the French Senate, on March 16.
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France’s Senate passed the government’s plan to reform its pension system on Thursday, including raising the country’s retirement age by two years to 64.
The upper house of the French parliament approved the measure with 193 votes for and 114 against.