Aging populations tend to result in younger generations who are financially less well off and who, in turn, have fewer children. Birth rates then decline even further. In his first parliamentary ...

France's generous pension system has toppled governments there over questions of how to fund it. It's part of a broader problem, as nations rethink how to fund care for their aging populations.

France once stood out in Europe for its higher birth rate, but that advantage has eroded since the pandemic as the number of ...

If lawmakers push to charge retirees for health care, it will especially hit Americans who have made France their home.

PARIS (AP) — France’s new prime minister François Bayrou announced Tuesday the renegotiation of a contested plan raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, in a crucial move to seek more stability for ...

Protesters march, with the Pantheon monument in background, during a demonstration in Paris, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators across France took part Tuesday in a new ...

France has one of the world's most generous pension systems with the average pensioner receiving the equivalent of about $1,900 a month. Five prime ministers in just two years have been ousted or ...

In his first parliamentary address in mid-January after coming to power, France's Prime Minister, François Bayrou, offered the chance to renegotiate the contested plan to increase the retirement age ...