French PM François Bayrou is scuttling the negotiations on Macron's 2023 pension reform that he promised this winter to secure the premiership, as rearmament feeds calls for yet another increase in the retirement age.
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French Pensions Face Squeeze From Defense Budget Hikes
French premier François Bayrou survived a confidence vote in February after promising fresh talks over pension age rise. But no change has been forthcoming — and calls for increased defense spending a...