decision making to the government, not properly, and the unions are trying to in an orderly fashion persuade the government, persuade macron to negotiate. and he is refusing to. and he is refusing to. let s take a closer look at the reforms president macron is trying to push through. currently, france s state retirement age is 62 much lower than many of its european neighbours. in the uk it s currently 66, germany and italy 67, and spain 65. the problem, according to mr macron, is demographics. there are only 1.7 workers for every pensioner in france, down from 2.1 in 2000. if the retirement age were to remain fixed at 62, there would only be 1.2 taxpaying workers to support each retiree in 2070. retirement spending by the state was equal to 13.6% of its economy in 2021, compared to about 10% in germany and nearly 11% in spain.
on pushing this reform through? and why is it proving so tricky? currently, france s state retirement age is 62 much lower than many of its european neighbours. in the uk it s 66, germany and italy 67, and spain 65. the problem, according to macron is demographics. there are only 1.7 workers for every pensioner in france, down from 2.1 in 2000. if the retirement age were to remain fixed at 62, there would only be 1.2 taxpaying workers to support each retiree in 2070. retirement spending by the state was equal to 13.6% of its economy in 2021, compared to about 10% in germany and nearly 11% in spain. those arguments have not convinced many opposition politicians. here s clementine autain from the hard left france unbowed party.
these demonstrators managed to get on to the railway tracks near the gare de lyon station in paris. france s state owned railway company said to expect severe disruption, with half of all high speed trains cancelled. so why is president macron so keen on pushing this reform through? and why is it proving so tricky? currently, france s state retirement age is 62 much lower than many of its european neighbours. in the uk it s 66, germany and italy 67, and spain 65. the problem, according to macron is demographics. there are only 1.7 workers for every pensioner in france, down from 2.1 in 2000. if the retirement age were to remain fixed at 62, there would only be 1.2 taxpaying workers to support each retiree in 2070. retirement spending by the state was equal to 13.6 percent of its economy in 2021, compared to about 10 percent in germany and nearly
latest for us. these atmospheric rivers, a bit too many of them i think for folks in california. absolutely. this one finally starting to wind down, but as we mentioned, another to follow here in the upcoming week. and we ve added on nearly a foot of rain as we mentioned. anderson peak, 13.6 inches just the last 48 hours. the flood threat continues even though atmospheric river has wound down. we have scattered showers, hold on to the slight risk of flooding along the coastline as well as we roll into sunday. look at how much more rain is expected. you are seeing the yellows and oranges, that is 2 to 3 more inches of rain. and of course the sierra nevada over 36 inches of snow expected just through sunday. feet of snow. and then that hole system pushing eastward brings in two more threats, not for the west coast, now for the plains.
last but not least, a huge milestone for our military. the air force announcing new fighter jets are breaking records. officials say the air force s new f-15ex jets are capable of carrying more weapons and operating more efficiently. they will replace older ones used in the iraq and afghanistan wars. you know i grew up wanting to be a fighter pilot, and they can operate for 29 grand an hour, 13.6 tons of weapons, way more than the past and operate for 20,000 hours. it means our pilots are safer, military soldiers are safer and americans are safer. my dad just winked at you from heaven. i did too, i wanted to fly top gun, and we were talking about readiness and we need to at a