The Arguments For and Against French Pension Reform
The current retirement age is low, but the French object to working longer.
Pensions
Macron Is Right to Push Pension Reform
The current system isn’t fair.
Macron Is Wrong to Back Away from Pension Reform
French pensions are too generous. The pension system is too expensive.
Macron Should Go Ahead with Pension Reforms
It’s the right thing to do.
The Silent Reform of Spanish Pensions
The piecemeal reforms proposed by Spain’s Socialist government are insufficient.
Macron’s Pension Reforms Are Eminently Reasonable
The current system is a mess. Changes would be phased in over twenty years.
Greeks Push Through Pension Cuts, Eye Debt Relief
Greek leaders hope that the latest round of cutbacks will unlock talks in Brussels about debt relief.
Greece Rejects Creditors’ Call for Pension Cuts
Alexis Tsipras proposes to raise pension contributions rather than cut benefits.
Unfunded State Benefits: America’s Next Fiscal Crisis
Many cities and states won’t be able to make good on the promises they’ve made to their workers.
Greece Sticks to Pension, Tax Plans Creditors Rejected
Greece refuses creditor demands for pension and tax reforms, making a deal less likely.
Lack of Greek Pension, Tax Reform Block Deal
The IMF rejects Greece’s proposals for pension reform, setting back hopes of a bailout deal.
Belgian Premier Unveils Labor, Pension Reforms
Charles Michel emphasizes labor and pension reforms in his first speech as prime minister.
Britain’s Osborne to Freeze Benefits, Cut Pension Tax
A next Conservative government will freeze benefits for working age Britons and overhaul pensions.
French Socialist Government Underwhelms with Pension Reforms
Making the French work a little longer doesn’t solve the pension system’s problems in the long term.
France’s Hollande Unlikely to Reform Pensions
The president can ill afford to alienate his own base by proposing sweeping changes to the nation’s pension system.