The agenda becomes clearer. The financing conference, which must bring together the social partners in order to find before the end of April the means to guarantee the financial balance of the pension system by 2027, will be launched on January 30, said Thursday Philippe Philippe in an interview with La Croix .
“This financing conference will be launched on January 30 at the Economic, Social and Environmental Council. I am hopeful that it will lead to something intelligent and responsible, ”said the Prime Minister. He refuses to launch tracks other than those of the pivotal age, "because if I start to evoke such or such instrument, I reduce to nothing the interest of this conference".
In this interview published on the eve of a new day of union action and call to strike, the head of government defends the "good compromise" found with the reformist unions. “I moved by removing the pivotal age. The trade unions, including the CFDT, have moved on their side (accepting the principle of a return to balance), "he said.
Regarding the proposals that should emerge from the funding conference, Édouard Philippe considers that "there may be a measure of age".
“I always said that it seemed impossible to bring our pension system back to balance without an age measure. […] But if the social partners agree on a cocktail of measures, including an age measure different from the pivotal age, I will take it, ”he maintains.
Convictions of blockages and power cuts
On the other hand, it deplores the fact that other trade union organizations "absolutely do not (want) this reform". "Do not carry it out because we know that they have blocking capacities, that is not what democracy is," he warns, however.
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The head of government also reiterates his condemnation of "all actions which are carried out outside the right to strike, such as blockages or unplanned outages of electricity", which are "illegal and must be subject to sanctions" .
The Prime Minister still defends the principle of the universal pension system, which he says he believes will "live a very long time".
"I say this with a smile, but I wish good courage to the Prime Minister who, in the future, would propose to break the universal system into forty-two regimes, some of which would not be balanced, and for which we would have to pay so that their insured people work less than others, ”he quips.
