> The Touraine Law in 2014 raised the number of worked years from 36 to 43, which is a big deal. that's right, and what's so surprising (to me) today is that t

> The Touraine Law in 2014 raised the number of worked years from 36 to 43, which is a big deal. that's right, and what's so surprising (to me) today is that the Touraine law got enacted without much protest, while what's happening today is taking the same terms for retirement and extending them to younger generations (i.e. those born between 1960 and 1973) is causing protests. The current proposed reform looks like a big deal, but the bigger deal happened in 2014 and was barely noticed (because the lawmakers were careful enough to put it far enough in the future...).