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Originally posted by Green Mango View PostIf as some expect the Euro fails, then ex Euro members will find there financial state examined more closely by the markets.
HTH
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Originally posted by Doggy Styles View PostAt least people in the UK understand the need to raise state pension age, even if they don't all like it.
I'm genuinely not sure the French do.
but the question is can they really afford a 62 year retirement age.
If as some expect the Euro fails, then ex Euro members will find there financial state
examined more closely by the markets.
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Originally posted by Troll View PostAll for a couple of years on the pension
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Originally posted by Doggy Styles View PostThe alternative is to keep the current retirement age but die younger.
What's often forgotten (not talked about) is that the recipient has one additional obligation - to die in a sufficiently prompt fashion - and we're failing in that respect.
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At least people in the UK understand the need to raise state pension age, even if they don't all like it.
I'm genuinely not sure the French do.
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The alternative is to keep the current retirement age but die younger.
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It's getting interesting in France
A fifth day of protests in France against proposed pension reforms has brought 825,000 people on to the streets, police say, although unions put the figure at 2.5m to 3m.
Most oil refineries have been hit by strike action, causing fuel shortages at some airports and filling stations.
All 12 refineries in mainland France have been affected by strike action. Ten have shut down or are in the process of closing. A number of fuel depots have been blockaded.
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France also has a strategic fuel reserve which holds up to three months of supplies.
However, some 10% of filling stations have run out of petrol and panic buying has broken out in some areas.
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In Marseille, rubbish is piling up around the port amid a strike by bin collectors that has now lasted four days.
More than 300 high schools have been affected by strikes and blockades - about one in 15 across the country - as students have joined the pension protests in the past week.
Lorry drivers will decide on Monday whether to join the strikes.
More than one million people took to the streets in the previous national protest on Tuesday, according to police. Trade unions organisers said 3.5m had taken part.Tags: None
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