READ ALSO No breakthrough in strike talks means more transport disruption on FridayUnion leader Philippe Martinez faces the press after talks ended on Thursday. The government wants to scrap the current highly complicated French pension system, which has 42 different regimes in place, meaning that people earning the same salary but in different professions have wildly different pension pots and retirement ages. Where it gets complicated is that France has many different unions and does not have one single TUC to speak for them all, so really it's a series of negotiations. READ ALSO OPINION Macron's pension reforms are justified but he has failed to persuade FranceSo what next? There could also be concessions around minimum contributions and phrased retirement for certain professions such as healthcare workers.

Source: The Local December 20, 2019 08:26 UTC