France's Senate voted Thursday to raise the retirement age by two years to 64, as the government moves to overhaul the country's pensions system in the face of strong opposition from labour unions.
The conservative-dominated legislative body voted in favour of a decisive article to raise the age of retirement by 201 votes to 115.
Immediately after the vote, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne expressed her "delight" at the approval of the amendment, stressing in a tweet on Twitter that this reform is "balanced and fair".
The draft law provides for gradually raising the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 years, by 3 months annually, as of Sep 1, 2023, until 2030.
The reform of the retirement system in France has sparked controversy and popular protests during the last period.
