Against the advice of the government, the senators voted in favor of raising the retirement age and the contribution period to obtain the full rate.
The Senate, dominated by the right, voted on Saturday for a pension reform providing for raising the legal age to 64, against the advice of the government which favors consultation with a view to its own reform in early 2023. It is “a chestnut tree“, Agreed the senators: the rapporteur for the old age branch René-Paul Savary (LR) presented an amendment to the Social Security draft budget 2023 providing for a reform mechanism which was adopted by 195 votes for, 130 against and 19 abstentions. He initially proposes the establishment of a “convention nationale» in charge of formulating measures for a return to balance, while taking into account hardship, long careers and employment of seniors.
In the event of failure, it provides for an acceleration of the Touraine reform extending the contribution period, and the postponement to 64 of the legal retirement age from the 1967 generation – a cocktail to which Emmanuel Macron was said “open“. Saluting the “consistency” of René-Paul Savary from one year to another, the Minister of Solidarity Jean-Christophe Combe assured to join him “on the objectives???????? Most “we opted for consultation and a bill in January, not a measure in a social security financing bill“, he opposed to him.
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“It’s time to act”
The majority Renaissance RDPI group came in support of the minister, emphasizing that “even the CGT returns to the discussion table, things are moving forwardwith the government, which opened the consultation at the beginning of October with unions and employers. But “It’s time to act“in view of the”deficit of the old age branch so important“, hammered the general rapporteur Élisabeth Doineau. A few centrists, allies of the majority, however abstained, such as Jean-Marie Vanlerenberghe (MoDem) who thinks that the amendment willA bit far” and that'”this reform must be socially and politically accepted».
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The left came out against the amendment, judging that “there is no danger for the future of the systemaccording to communists and ecologists, and that the proposed reform would beincredibly unfairfor those close to retirement, according to the Socialists. The government may not retain in fine this amendment, by the use of the constitutional weapon of 49.3 before the Assembly, which allows him to choose the text on which he engages his responsibility. “We are under no illusions“Admitted Philippe Mouiller (LR). “We needed this political message» et «from our position, we are ready to discuss“, he launched to the minister.