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		</div><p>French prime minister Edouard Philippe has announced that the minimum retirement age will remain 62, but workers will have to work until 64 to get a full pension.</p>
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<p>In a sweeping speech on Wednesday, amid widespread strikes, he said the implementation of the pension changes will be delayed, and the new system will only apply to people born after 1975.</p>
<p>The measures will start being implemented for new workers entering the labour market in 2022, which is the final year of President Emmanuel Macron’s current term.</p>
<figure id="attachment_146092" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-146092" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-146092" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/A12A789B-53EC-483F-A1FD-9FD024E65AC8.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-146092" class="wp-caption-text">Emmanuel Macron</figcaption></figure>
<p>The government says a minimum pension of 1,000 euros (£840) per month will be put in place for those who have worked all their life.</p>
<p>The government’s announcements come on the seventh straight day of a crippling transport strike and after hundreds of thousands of angry protesters marched through French cities.</p>
<p>The government is hoping the plan might calm tensions.</p>
<p>On Wednesday in the Paris region, authorities measured around 285 miles of traffic jams, and all but two of the city’s metro lines closed.</p>
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<p>Many French commuters still express support for the strikes despite the chaos, owing to fears that their pensions will shrink under Mr Macron’s plan.</p>
<p>Unions fear that a new system, which replaces a national pension with privileges for some in the transport sector, will force people to work longer for smaller pension allocations.</p>
<p>The government says it will not raise the age of retirement from 62.</p>
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