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? The resumed talks will likely hinge on the series of concessions that president Emmanuel Macron has authorised his Prime Minister to offer. Nevertheless the Prime Minister has said he is willing to discuss the idea of applying some changes only to new entrants to the workforce.

Source: The Local December 27, 2019 07:52 UTC