Abstract
The problem concerns special pension regulations for the French workers in the rail and energy sectors. It started in 1995, when the former French president Jacques Chirac tried to abolish special regulations when he came to power. Because of the transfer of power between Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy, the new French president has brought the problem on the table. The project is to conduct a wide range of reforms. In this way, the conclusion appears to be the most important challenge of President Sarkozy's reform package. To simplify the situation, the reform still concerns the end of the retirement privileges. The aim is to realize economies of scale for the government, but the project still faces the French Unions of Workers (CFDT and CGT). The reform concerns no more than 500,000 workers mainly in the rail and energy sectors. The main ethical problem to underline is the following; in this case, who is able to judge that rail and energy workers have to retire earlier? Who is fair to know if they face more difficulties in their work than the other workers?
