A retired couple uses a cell phone while sitting on a bench in Enghien-les-Bains, north of Paris, August 26, 2013. France's government, which has been meeting with labour union heads about retirement issues, neared a deal with trade unions on Monday to overhaul the pension system via a slight lengthening of working lives, union chiefs said, as Europe's number two economy sought to bring a spiralling deficit under control. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)