Letter: Mitterrand’s reforms left France with a retirement timebomb

Financial Times

John Bateson

The aspiration of a glorious third age is to be applauded. Unfortunately demographics are not helping. The French working age population is in permanent decline. The number of retirees exploding. Change takes time to implement.

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