Sarkozy says he will sign retirement bill

BRUSSELS: French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he will sign a bill raising France's retirement age to 62 despite the massive protests and strikes it has sparked.

French parliament has passed the bill, which is now set to go before a council that will rule on whether it is constitutional. Sarkozy says he will then sign it.

Sarkozy also said at a European Union summit Friday in Brussels that some people's concerns about the legislation are ``legitimate.'' He says he will address those fears, without elaborating.

Unions have organized massive street protests and strikes that disrupted transport and shut down oil refineries. Some people have continued to protest even since parliament passed the plan, urging Sarkozy not to sign it into law.