The far-right Reform UK has indicated that it could abolish the policy of annual hikes in state pension. Despite poor fiscal ...

The raising of the retirement age is based on people's increased life expectancy and extended years of schooling, and is a positive move to deal with the aging problem and lower birthrate, experts ...

The protest movement initially wanted accountability for the tragedy, but now calls for new elections and democratic reform.

Russia has grappled with a shrinking and aging population for decades, with President Vladimir Putin viewing it as a threat ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is struggling to push through two key policy proposals on pensions and military service, in ...

France's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu during a session of questions to the government at The National Assembly, France's lower house parliament, in Paris, on 15 October, 2025. France's reappointed ...

A massive strike in Belgium halted flights and disrupted public transport as 80,000 protesters marched in Brussels. The strike opposes government pension reforms led by Prime Minister Bart De Wever, ...

PARIS (AP) — French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Tuesday announced he would suspend a much-debated plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, in a move aimed at preventing his fragile ...

France's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu on Tuesday backed the suspension of an unpopular 2023 pensions reform, in a key move to bolster his cabinet's survival and draw his country out of political ...