Higher rates of longevity are [pushing / pulling] up ages of retirement. In line with this, the Danish government has [justly / just] announced it will raise the retirement age for its citizens from 67 to 70 by [a / the] year 2040. In so doing, Denmark's workers will have the world's longest wait [before / after] they can retire. Denmark said the new law was necessary to keep [space / pace] with increasing life [expectancy / expects] . However, Jesper Rasmussen, a trade union leader in Denmark, expressed his [consternation / conversation] at the government's [move / approve] . He said: "Denmark has a healthy economy and yet the EU's highest retirement age". He added: "A higher retirement age [means / meaning] that workers will lose their right to a [dignity / dignified] senior life."
There is a [precedent / president] for the retirement age being 70. The world's first case was in Germany in 1881. It set the age [by / at] 70, before reducing it to 65 in 1916. Many countries followed [dress / suit] and incorporated their own ages for workers to retire [of / with] a state pension. The USA first adopted a retirement age in 1935. It was set at 65. The USA Today website reported [what / that] in America, the retirement age was also [steadily / steady] creeping up. It wrote: "The upward [trendy / trend] is slow, but striking. In 1994, the average man worked [to / for] age 61, while the typical woman clocked [out / in] at 59. Americans are living longer, and working longer." China has also announced an increase, to be [strolled / rolled] out over the next 15 years.
