Would raising the retirement age even do anything?

提高退休年龄会起到任何作用吗？

The government has said it won't increase the retirement age.

政府表示，他们不会提高退休年龄。

Blunt instruments do exist, from mandatory retirement ages to explicit term limits.

确实存在生硬的手段，从强制退休年龄到明确的任期限制。

The French Parliament has voted to raise the retirement age by two years.

法国议会投票决定将退休年龄提高两年。

The new legislation includes tax rises and an increase in the retirement age.

新法案包括增加税收和延长退休年龄。

Right now in China, retirement age for men is 60-years-old.

目前中国男性的退休年龄为60岁。

That's in part because of a very controversial raising of the retirement age.

部分原因在于提高退休年龄这一备受争议的法案。

In Europe's fastest-ageing country, she raised the retirement age from 65 to 67.

在欧洲老龄化速度最快的国家，她将退休年龄从65提升至67。

And offering increased freedoms, like remote or part-time work, to people nearing retirement age.

为接近退休年龄的人提供更多的自由，比如远程工作或兼职工作。

I'm going to say a potential solution could be to increase the retirement age.

我要写，提高退休年龄是一个潜在的解决方案。

I'll continue and I'm going to be talking about increasing the retirement age.

我将继续谈论提高退休年龄。

French workers have gone on strike against Macron's bill which raises the retirement age.

法国工人举行罢工，反对马克龙提高退休年龄的法案。

It also encourages unimaginative policy, whereby the retirement age is occasionally moved as lifespans lengthen.

这种想法还会催生缺乏创意的政策，仅随寿命延长偶尔变更退休年龄。

The exact increase in the mandatory retirement age has not been confirmed at this point.

法定退休年龄的具体延长时间还未确定。

Macron wants to raise the retirement age so workers put more money into the system.

马克龙希望提高退休年龄，这样工人就可以把更多的钱投入到这个系统中。

They have said they oppose Macron's decision to raise the retirement age by two years.

他们表示，他们反对马克龙将退休年龄提高两年的决定。

The retirement ages in China were set decades ago, when the life-expectancy rates were much lower.

中国现行的退休年龄在数十年前确定，当时人口的预期寿命比现在要少得多。

In a televised address, he said the retirement age would be raised from 65 to 66.

他在电视讲话中说，退休年龄将从65岁提高到66岁。

Workers are walking off their jobs in France against government plans to raise the retirement age.

法国工人举行罢工，反对政府延迟退休计划。

He set the retirement age at 70. Average life expectancy at the time? About 40 years.

他把退休年龄定为70岁。而当时的平均预期寿命是多少？大约40岁。