The prime minister smuggled both the minimum pensions and the tax reform into the discussion about extra budgetary efforts this weekend. It aroused considerable annoyance among the PS and CD&V. With ‘renewed courage’, the federal government started again around 7 p.m. on Sunday evening. All previous talks had come to nothing this weekend, but Prime … Read more
New course for the 9th day of inter-union mobilization. At the call of the inter-union CGT, CFDT, FO, Sud Solidaires, CFE-CGC, CFTC, FSU, UNSA, and the high school and student unions FIDL, Voix Lycéenne, UNL, UNEF, FAGE and MNL, a new demonstration against the pension reform is scheduled for Thursday, March 23 in Paris. Between … Read more
Why a local movement? Because “with our colleagues, we realized that at the national level, the trade unions were not doing enough”, told AFP Thiebault Parre, spokesperson for the inter-union. The strikers want the integration of the function bonus in the calculation of pension rights, but also to be able to benefit from a special … Read more
Door onze economieredactie 14 feb 2023 om 08:31Update: 25 minuten geleden Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW) has sold interests in fossil companies for 303 million euros. It concerns 78 companies, including Dana Gas, Diamondback Energy and Vivo Energy, that did not meet the fund’s climate requirements. The sale is part of a two-year program aimed … Read more
08 feb 2023 om 17:51Update: 26 minuten geleden Since October 2021, ABP has sold 9 billion worth of shares and bonds in fossil companies. This means that the pension fund for civil servants is no longer a shareholder in companies such as Shell, BP and Total. It is striking that precisely after the announced sale, … Read more
NOS Protest in Morlaix on January 31, during which participants perform a Breton dance NOS News•today, 07:52 Frank Renout correspondent France Frank Renout correspondent France Mayor Jean-Paul Vermot takes out his phone and taps the folder of photos. “Look, there you see last week’s procession, hundreds of meters long!” It stands in the center of … Read more
For many French people, this day is far from a usual Tuesday. It’s 11 a.m. in Brest, and instead of being at school closed for strike, Catharina and Olivia are playing cards at home. And Virginie, she will not be able to follow her training. Many have no other choice but to stay at home … Read more
The veil is gradually lifting on the second day of mobilization against the pension reform. Tuesday, January 31, the French are called by the eight main unions to march in the streets to protest against the government bill, which provides in particular for a postponement of the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 years. … Read more
26 jan 2023 om 00:01 Pension funds were able to implement significant increases last year, but at the same time lost a lot of money with their investments. In the end, they are still in a solid position due to the rise in interest rates, according to the annual reports of the country’s five largest … Read more
Thursday evening, after “the greatest social mobilization for 20 years”their leader made an appointment “Saturday for the march of January 21”. This demonstration, decided and announced at the beginning of December, “is not my walk”insisted the former presidential candidate last week, but “that of ten youth organisations” – including several formations of the united left … Read more