Pension reform, price hikes, budget… What to remember from the interview with Élisabeth Borne

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Invited on BFM TV this Monday morning on the pension reform, the Prime Minister assures that the government will decide on the method “by the end of the week”.

Crucial week for the executive. Elisabeth Borne spoke this Monday morning on BFMTV when the 2023 budget must be presented in the wake of the Council of Ministers. Here are the Prime Minister’s main announcements and statements:

The planned pension reform «in the summer of 2023»

The Prime Minister is questioned from the outset on a cardinal point, which has not yet been decided: the pension reform, which the government does not exclude from including by way of amendment within the PLFSS. This option divides even within the majority. Emmanuel Macron and Élisabeth Borne will therefore bring together the majority leaders and the ministers concerned this Wednesday to take stock of how to initiate the pension reform. “The President of the Republic said that it was a priority reform, indicates the Prime Minister. So we all have to work collectively more”, and especially the seniors. The solution is actually to gradually shift the retirement age,” says Elisabeth Borne. The objective is clear: to carry out this reform so that it enters into force quickly, “in the summer of 2023».

A decision made «by the end of the week»

The consultations carried out so far are obviously not sufficient. According to the Prime Minister, the decision to go through the pension reform by way of amendments has not yet been taken. A new exchange is planned in the middle of the week with Emmanuel Macron, “the ministers concerned” as well as “majority leaders“. The method will then be stopped.by the end of the week», and will pursue a goal: to be «the best way to both implement this reform quickly, and at the same time leave room for dialogue and consultation».

IT ISLisabeth Borne does not rule out recourse to 49-3

Asked about the possibility of appealing to 49-3, which allows a text to be passed in force in Parliament, the Prime Minister assures us that her “method is dialogue and the search for compromise». «MBut I don’t think the French would understand that we were blockedshe insists, pointing out that “thee 49-3 is a tool available to the government».

An increase in the price of cigarettes considered

The price of cigarettes must increaselike inflation“, believes Elisabeth Borne, because without that”it’s like it’s going down“. A measure that should be included in the Social Security financing bill. According The echoesthe government would consider an increase in excise duties, which could be 5-6% next year.

The wood heating in question

The Prime Minister believes that certain increases in energy prices must be questioned, notably calling into question the increase in the price of firewood, mainly produced in France. The Prime Minister, on the other hand, believes that the increase in electricity prices is strongly correlated with the war, since the prices of gas and electricity are linked. “We think at European level» pour «break this link“says Elisabeth Borne.

Consultations planned to relieve the price of energy for companies

While Emmanuel Macron urged companies not to sign energy contracts whose prices would be inflated by the current crisis, the Prime Minister assures that consultations are planned with energy companies to calm this increase. “Large companies that supply energy should not anticipate a lasting spike in energy prices, we are determined to avoid this overheating“, indicates the Prime Minister. “Bruno Le Maire will receive energy companies to see how to offer contracts that do not anticipate this outbreak».

The upgrading of teachers included in the budget

Faced with the difficulties of recruiting this return to school, Elisabeth Borne says she is mobilized. A “salary increase“, as promised by the President of the Republic, must therefore be included in the budget. It will give rise tonegotiations between the Minister ofIT ISnational education and trade union organizations quickly“. Pap Ndiaye will then launch, “next week, a consultation in the schools that wish to adapt the teaching equipment“. It will be about givingmore leeway for teachers» and thus work on «attractivenessof the profession. Finally, with regard to contract teachers recruited this year, they will be able to participateover the coming year“in a competition to be”exceptional tenure».

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