French Senate adopts pension bill despite continuing street protests

A man walks past uncollected rubbish in Paris (Michel Euler/AP)

A bill that would raise the retirement age in France from 62 to 64 moved a step forward with the senate’s adoption of the measure amid strikes, protests and uncollected rubbish piling high.

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne tweeted late on Saturday after the 195-112 vote that she looks forward to the bill’s definitive passage, hailing a “decisive step toward a reform that will assure the future of our retirement” system.