He doesn't want to let go either. If since the announcement of the “provisional” withdrawal of the pivotal age of the pension reform project by the Prime Minister this Saturday, the unions have marched to affirm that the movement is not over, the CFDT's positions are probably a little more scrutinized than those of others.
Without going into more detail, the reformist union, which had estimated that with the implementation of this measure the government crossed "a red line", had greeted Saturday, after the publication of the letter of Edouard Philippe, "a withdrawal which marks the government's will to compromise ”and“ will continue discussions within the framework proposed to answer the questions that remain about the future universal regime ”.
This Monday, at the microphone of RTL, Laurent Berger was still more incisive. "We are far from the end of the story on this universal pension system and we will have to continue to weigh," said the union leader, acknowledging that he had "no solution to the exit from crisis "and that" it will be necessary that everyone put their own in it ".
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- RTL France (@RTLFrance) January 13, 2020Berger had hailed as a "victory" Sunday the withdrawal announced the day before by Prime Minister Edouard Philippe of the short-term measure of pivotal age at 64 years old by 2027, accompanied by a penalty for those who left sooner, even if you have paid enough. This withdrawal under conditions, demanded by the reformist unions including the CFDT, "is extremely important in terms of social justice," said Berger on Monday.
"Putting numbers first on the table"
But the government combined it with the obligation, through a funding conference, to find alternative solutions so that the regime was balanced in 2027. "We will discuss everything, everything, everything", insisted Laurent Berger, insisting on the need to "put figures on the table first" to find out "the state of the need for funding for our pension system".
"It is undoubtedly necessary to question the use of the reserves, they are undoubtedly partly made for that". One could also "very well imagine in the future universal system [...] that there is an additional contribution" on high wages.
As for extending the contribution for the reimbursement of the social debt (CRDS), he considered that it should "perhaps be kept for another extremely important issue for our society, which is the care of dependency".
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He also pointed out the responsibility of employers, whose contribution will have to be "looked at", in particular "on the question of arduousness, on the question of seniors", because "if all employees went to the end of their careers being in employment, in terms of resources and social spending, this would not be exactly the situation today ”.
A little more in the morning, on France Info, Rémi Aufrère Privel, assistant secretary general of the CFDT Cheminot, had estimated that the temporary withdrawal of the pivotal age was "necessary, but not sufficient" and he called his troops to be "good mobilized tomorrow ". Because new calls to demonstrate were launched for January 14, 15 and 16. Calls not joined by the CFDT.
