Constitutional council’s ruling means government can pass law to increase minimum eligible age as early as next week

France’s highest constitutional court has approved Emmanuel Macron’s proposals to raise the minimum pension age from 62 to 64.

The ruling means the government can pass Macron’s unpopular plans to increase the minimum eligible pension age as early as next week, to be in force by the end of this year.

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