English below ***The French people are mobilizing widely against Emmanuel Macron's destructive project to raise the legal retirement age to 64 with 43 years of contributions.

This counter-reform will worsen the living conditions of seniors, working conditions and the health of older workers. Women and youth will be the first victims. It changes the meaning of retirement from a new age of life, since healthy life expectancy is 65 years. This project is supported only by the liberal and conservative right. 70% of French people reject this project. A broad trade union front, unprecedented since 2010, is opposing it. The whole of the left is standing together. The Party of the European Left welcomes and supports the mobilisation and strikes against this destructive project as well as the unity of the trade union movement and the left. It welcomes the historic successes of the demonstrations on 19 January, in which more than 2 million people participated, and on 31 January. The struggle of young people, employees, retirees of France is very important. It is a struggle of model of society. Do we want a society of every man for himself, undermined by finance, and precariousness, where only those who are lucky enough to arrive in good health in retirement can benefit? Or a society of solidarity taking the path of social progress, with job creation, wage increases and training. This question is posed to all the peoples of Europe, against whom the bourgeoisies carry similar projects to destroy pensions, with the support of the liberal policies of the European Commission. Alternatives exist, by taxing the financial income of companies, by attacking the cost of capital. The Party of the European Left calls for a path of progress by breaking with finance to get the peoples of Europe out of the crisis and meet the needs of human development! The French people are mobilizing widely against Emmanuel Macron's destructive project to raise the legal retirement age to 64 with 43 years of contributions. This counter-reform will worsen the living conditions of seniors, the working conditions and the health of the oldest workers. Women and youth will be the first victims. It changes the meaning of retirement, which would become the antechamber of death instead of being a new age of life, since life expectancy in good health is 65 years. This project is supported only by the liberal and conservative right. 70% of the French people reject this project. A broad trade union front, unprecedented since 2010, is opposed to it. The whole of the left is united. The Party of the European Left welcomes and supports the mobilization and the strikes against this destructive project as well as the unity of the trade union movement and the left. It welcomes the historic success of the demonstrations of January, 19th, in which more than 2 million people participated and January, 31st. The struggle of young people, employees and pensioners in France is very important. It is a struggle for a model of society. Do we want a society of every man or woman for himself, undermined by finance and precariousness, where only those who are lucky enough to reach retirement in good health will be able to benefit from it? Or do we want a society of solidarity that follows the path of social progress, with job creation, wage increases and training? This question is posed to all the peoples of Europe, against whom the bourgeoisies are carrying out similar projects to destroy pensions, with the support of the liberal policies of the European Commission. Alternatives exist, by taxing the financial income of companies, by attacking the cost of capital. The European Left calls for a path of progress by breaking with finance to get the peoples of Europe out of the crisis and meet the needs of human development!