2023-10-25 12:07:18
Pierre-Louis Bras, president of the Retirement Orientation Council, during a press conference on the occasion of the presentation of its annual report, June 13, 2019. VINCENT ISORE / IP3 PRESS / MAXPPP
The ax has fallen. In the hot seat for several months, the president of the Retirement Orientation Council (COR), Pierre-Louis Bras, has just been removed from his post. According to information from Monde, the decision was notified on Tuesday, October 24, by Matignon’s services. The appointment of his successor, which will be the subject of a decree from the President of the Republic, should take place during the next council of ministers scheduled for the week of October 30 – the date not yet being completely decided, according to the Elysée.
Read also: Article reserved for our subscribers The president of the COR, criticized by Elisabeth Borne during the pension reform, in the hot seat
Solicited, the entourage of the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, confirms that Mr. Bras is leaving, without giving the name of his replacement. “It is not a sanction measureassure-t-on. He has held this responsibility for almost nine years. We believe that this is the right time to carry out a renewal, shortly after the pension reform and when several qualified personalities are likely to join the COR. »
This decision is in no way a surprise. Since the spring, state services had contacted several specialists in the field to offer to replace Mr. Bras – an inspector general of social affairs who was advisor to several socialist ministers during his career. The latter had been criticized by the executive, in particular by Ms Borne, on the grounds that it would have fueled confusion in the debate around pension reform.
Accused of having “blurred minds”
It was in 2015 that Mr. Bras was appointed president of the COR, a body responsible for submitting a report each year in order to enlighten public decision-makers and the population on “medium and long term perspectives” of our pay-as-you-go system. Placed under Matignon, this body is made up of parliamentarians, senior civil servants, experts and representatives of social partners.
The fact that Mr. Bras is leaving, after eight years at the head of the COR, is not illogical. But his departure takes place in a context of very strong tensions. In The Parisian from April 9Ms. Borne had criticized him for having “blurred the minds”while she sought to convince public opinion of the need to postpone the legal retirement age to 64 to avoid a deficit in our pay-as-you-go system in 2030. The Prime Minister was thus referring to comments by Mr. Bras , during a hearing at the National Assembly: on January 19, he affirmed that pension expenses “don’t slip”, while specifying that the 2022 COR report forecast lasting deficits. But many only retained the idea that the situation remained under control and therefore did not require any reform.
You have 9.75% of this article left to read. The rest is reserved for subscribers.
#president #Retirement #Orientation #Council #Matignons #crosshairs #months #disembarked