BUCHAREST, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Romania’s government sought fast-track parliamentary approval on Tuesday for a bill raising the retirement age for judges and prosecutors and capping their pensions after the top court struck down its first attempt.

A second failure to pass the bill could weaken the fragile four-party ruling coalition which took power five months ago and wants to enact judicial pension reforms as a requirement for Romania to access EU recovery and resilience funds.

The government is facing strikes and strong opposition to spending cuts as it tries to lower the EU’s highest budget deficit and keep Romania on the last rung of investment grade.

In October, the Constitutional Court narrowly rejected a move to raise retirement in the judiciary to 65 from around 50 at present, sta

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