Nine union organizations of retirees ask the Prime Minister on Sunday to " think of a quarter of the French population " by appointing " a minister or at least a secretary of state " for the elderly in the new government in training courses.
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" The 17 million retirees need a ministry to represent them ", affirm in a joint letter to Jean Castex these organizations, among which the federations CGT, FO, CFE-CGC, CFTC or Solidaires of retirees.
“ The situation of retirees continues to deteriorate. A 5th risk law is being implemented. His project already worries us. Retired people deserve a specific interlocutor , "they say, regretting that the" previous government "had" made the choice not to have a ministry for the elderly or even a secretary of state for the elderly, "a sign according to them. " Little interest " he had in them.
Emmanuel Macron and his Prime Minister Jean Castex continued their consultations on Sunday with " the objective of forming a new government for Monday in the day, " announced the Elysee. The composition of the government should include " around twenty ministers and deputy ministers ," said the presidency.