The government probably had not counted on this support. In a tweet in response to a video billed as a demonstration against pension reform in Lyon, Elon Musk said on Friday that “Macron is doing the hard thing, but the right thing to do.”
The current pension reform bill provides for the postponement of the retirement age from 62 to 64, a measure contested by all the unions, most of the opposition and a large part of public opinion, including at least one million French (according to the police), or even two million (according to the CGT), who demonstrated on Thursday.
According to DREE datain 2019, a 65-year-old woman could expect to live another 11.5 years without being limited in activities of daily living by a health problem, 1.5 years longer than in 2008. A 65-year-old man could expect to live 10 .4 years without “disability”, compared to 8.7 years in 2008. However, the state of health is unequal according to variables such as income or profession.
A meeting between Musk and Macron in December
Elon Musk and Emmanuel Macron met in the United States in December for an hour-long interview about content moderation on Twitter. The French president had welcomed a “clear and sincere” discussion.
“Transparent terms of use, significant reinforcement of content moderation and protection of freedom of expression: Twitter must strive to comply with European regulations”, had also declared Emmanuel Macron on the social network bought by the American billionaire in 2022.
After a highly criticized debut at the helm of Twitter, Elon Musk announced in December his intention to step down as soon as he “found someone crazy enough” to replace him, explaining that the billionaire will therefore focus on “software and server computers”.
Source: BFM TV
