The proposal wanted citizens to vote on the proposal to raise the minimum retirement age in France from 62 to 64 years.
The French Constitutional Council has rejected the request for the pension reform be submitted to a referendum. This change was intended to reflect a citizen’s intent to vote raising the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64 years.
Once again the parliamentary left has failed to get the Constitutional Court to approve an initiative to hold a referendum that would have set the retirement age at 62. Experts in the field point out that in order to carry out such a consultation, a mandatory constitutional reform must be promoted. In this case it would not be a reform. There the age is still maintained at 62 years.
Second try
It is not the first time that the highest administrative court has rejected the request for consultation. Because on April 14, he already rejected the proposal of French President Emmanuel Macron.
As regards the first request, the introduction of a new tax related to the financing of pensions has been added. This had been done in the hope that this time he would be admitted.
But despite the fact that this second petition was signed by 253 deputies and senators, it has retreated again.
Source: EITB
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