There are substantial differences between our Social Security system and the pension system in France, but there are lessons to be learned. Social Security allows individuals to retire and collect ...

Social Security's trust funds are expected to be depleted by 2033. Will a drastic reform of the U.S. pension system spark protests the size of the French ones?

As U.S. leaders tip-toe around reforms to Social Security, French President Emmanuel Macron is ramming through an unpopular increase to the national retirement age—a move its proponents claim is ...

France levies a payroll tax of nearly 28 percent, but it applies only up to about $54,000 in earnings. So Social Security’s tax burden is lower but more progressive than the French pension system.

The lack of a social security financing plan could have consequences for France's healthcare and benefits system.

As protests sweep France, US may soon face its own reckoning on Social Security With strikes raging throughout France in response to a push to raise the nation's retirement age, government ...

France's social security system, which marks its 80 th anniversary this year, has never been in such an alarming state. Despite repeated warnings about the sustainability of its funding, nothing ...

France adopts social security budget ending months-long state finance saga The Senate has adopted the 2025 health budget, the final chapter in France’s tumultuous months-long budget process that ...

In this week's show, we're taking a closer look at France's version of the welfare state: social security. One of the pillars of the French state, "la sécurité sociale" is essentially a massive ...

Describing social security fraud as "a form of hidden tax on French people who work”, Public Accounts Minister Gabriel Attal unveiled government plans to clamp down on those who cheat the system.

Why is France trapped in 44 days of strike over its pension reforms, while the UK experienced smooth sailing?

As food prices rise around the world and access to healthy nutrition falls, trials in France and Belgium are experimenting with a unique "social security" for food.