“I can’t let it be said that the reform would penalize modest people, it’s exactly the opposite,” protested the Prime Minister on Saturday.
The new legal retirement age will not penalize the most modest: this is the message that the Prime Minister wanted to convey this Saturday. Guest of France Inter, Elisabeth Borne defended the government’s project, protesting against criticism from parties and unions that the pension reform will first affect less fortunate employees, who started working earlier. “I can’t let it be said that the reform would penalize modest people, it’s exactly the opposite“, she assured.
«Those whose working hours will lengthen the least are the first two deciles“, in other words, the 20% of French people who are less fortunate, said Élisabeth Borne, adding that the third decile would also be “a little” saving. Conversely, “the wealthiest 50% will have the most to shift their starting agein retirement, she clarified. In addition, the pension reform will make it possible to increase the value of pensions, via, in particular, the increase of the minimum to 85% of the minimum wage, a measure which will benefit in priority40% of the most modest French people“, she defended herself.
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The Prime Minister has thus responded to the attacks made since the presentation of the reform project on Tuesday. For the CFDT, the tracks revealed by Élisabeth Borne are “unjust» : «Only the most modest employees, those who started working early, precarious employees will pay for this pension reform“, had risen on FranceInfo Yvan Ricordeau, national secretary of the union. An analysis contested by the Institute of Public Policy: in a blog note this week, it refuted this thesis, “either because these policyholders will retain the option of retiring at age 62 on grounds of incapacity and disability, or because they already had to wait until age 67 to retire at the full rate anyway. It is more the intermediate categories in the income scale, including those who are in the upper half of this scale, who are likely to be the most affected by the coming reform.“added the post.
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On France Inter, the Prime Minister has once again assured that the savings generated by the reform will only finance pensions. “There is not a euro of contribution that will be used for something else“, she hammered, a position which contrasts with that expressed by members of her government, a few weeks ago. She also said she was opposed to the introduction of a capitalization share, repeating that she wanted “save our PAYG system».
Elisabeth Borne also recalled her desire to “restore their full place to seniors in business» : «We are depriving ourselves of the experience and skills of seniors“, she lamented, an error which justifies in particular the introduction of a “senior index” in the reform project. However, it would becomplicatedto associate sanctions with the results of the index, nuanced the Prime Minister, stressing that it “there is no legal obligation on the share of seniors in the company“. This device could look, among its criteria, the access of seniors to training, or if the employer multiplies the conventional ruptures or departure plans targeted on these older workers, advanced the leader of the majority.
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While next week will be marked by the start of the protest in the street, Thursday, January 19, Elisabeth Borne reiterated her desire to convince the French of the merits of her project. “The dialogue is obviously not broken“With the unions, she assured, citing the contributions of the”CFDTin the final text. Likewise, the occupant of Matignon hopes to be able to count on the support of elected LR officials, who “marked that it’s consistent with what they’ve been wearing for years“. It remains to be seen whether these efforts will dissuade opponents from pounding the pavement in a few days.