What does work have to be like so that people don’t long for retirement as a safe haven?
Missing out on life trying to earn it. That’s what it says on many posters that French people hold up when they take to the streets – as they have done so often in recent weeks. They don’t want what President Emmanuel Macron wants: to work longer. Up to 64 instead of up to 62 years.
Some things are different in France than in other countries: Pensioners there have a slightly higher income than the working population on average. …
