France's demographic shift calls for a comprehensive approach beyond pro-natalist rhetoric, says economic council

France's Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE) has called for the protection of the country's welfare model in its annual report. To achieve this, the council urged for keeping older workers employed and assisting more young people in entering the workforce. The CESE also identified migration policies as a lever for addressing labor market needs.

In a separate matter, foreign airlines have not yet agreed to move international operations from Mumbai airport’s Terminal 2 to the Adani Group-owned Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA). This delay leaves Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) short of its target, as its November 3 deadline for transition plans approaches.

While Indian carriers Akasa Air, IndiGo, and the Air India Group have finalized plans to shift three million annual passengers to NMIA starting in December 2026, MIAL still needs to move an additional two million passengers by the end of March 2027 to facilitate the redevelopment of Terminal 1B.

A meeting between the Mumbai Airline Operators Committee (AOC) and MIAL on Wednesday was largely inconclusive as foreign airlines requested more details. Emirates has argued that NMIA lacks the operational capacity for large-scale global airline operations, while Air France-KLM has rejected the proposal, describing the splitting of operations between the two airports as "operationally inefficient." MIAL has maintained its position regarding the transition target.

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