France's labour unions will keep up their fight against a planned rise of the legal retirement age, they said on Wednesday, after a meeting with Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne failed to end months of gridlock over a deeply unpopular reform.
Wednesday's talks were the first high-stakes meeting between the government of President Emmanuel Macron and union bosses since nationwide protests and strikes against the legislation started in mid-January.
The government says it is necessary to raise the retirement age to 64 from 62 for most workers to balance the pension budget in years to come. The unions say the money can be found elsewhere. Laurent Berger, head of the more moderate CFDT trade union, the country's largest, called for workers to join en masse Thursday's strikes and street protests.
"We will not come back to the negotiating table as if nothing had happened", said Cyril Chabanier, president of the CFTC union, reading out a joint statement after the meeting.
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