ZAGREB (Reuters) - The Croatian government will lower the country's retirement age back to 65 from 67 following a protest campaign led by leading trade unions, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Thursday.
Three top trade unions collected a petition of more than 700,000 citizens' signatures last spring to force a referendum on the government's decision to push back the retirement age. However, rather than call a people's vote, the government decided to back down.
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