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France’s new PM announces renegotiation of contested pension reforms

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou delivers his general policy speech at the National Assembly in Paris, France [Benoit Tessier/Reuters]

The new prime minister of France has announced he will renegotiate the contested plan to raise the age of retirement in the country in a bid to stabilise his government and pass a budget.

“I’m choosing to put this subject back on the agenda, with the social partners, for a short time and under transparent conditions,” Francois Bayrou said during his first address to lawmakers at the National Assembly on Tuesday.

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