The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

Pensions: Woerth (LR) to continue the reform but doubts the "capacity" of the government

2020-12-03T07:19:49.804Z


The deputy (LR) Eric Woerth, chairman of the Finance committee at the National Assembly, said Wednesday he was " favorable " to continue the pension reform but doubts the " capacity " of the government to carry out such an objective. before the end of the five-year term. Read also: Castex does not consider the pension reform as an "absolute priority", unlike Le Maire " I am obviously in favor of


The deputy (LR) Eric Woerth, chairman of the Finance committee at the National Assembly, said Wednesday he was "

favorable

" to continue the pension reform but doubts the "

capacity

" of the government to carry out such an objective. before the end of the five-year term.

Read also: Castex does not consider the pension reform as an "absolute priority", unlike Le Maire

"

I am obviously in favor of continuing the pension reform

," said the former budget minister to the Association of Parliamentary Journalists (AJP).

"

Except that I do not know if the government has the political capacity to do it

", he added, noting however that it was his "

duty

" to bring about such a reform.

"Work a little longer"

You need a strong government to do that because it is a profound reform.

You have to tell people the truth: 'you have to work a little longer'

"but"

to bring it to public opinion, in such an uncertain context, I don't know if the government is capable of it

", he said. -he explains.

For the deputy for Oise, the executive "

has not engaged in major structural reform for three years

" or "

a France without a project is a super-dangerous France, it is a France that has shrunk

."

The Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire aroused hostility even in his camp by affirming that the pension reform was the “

absolute priority

” for France already shaken by a triple health, economic and political crisis.

"

We can make a simple and effective pension reform

", noted Eric Woerth for whom "

the first justice is to ensure the payment of pensions

" that should not "

not be reduced

".

According to the Chairman of the Finance Committee, the question of the sustainability of the pension system raises the question of the country's debt.

He strongly opposed the hypothesis of non-repayment of the debt as suggested by the former socialist minister for Productive Recovery, Arnaud Montebourg.

An idea "

irresponsible and demagogic

", "

simplistic

", commented Eric Woerth: "

we have a debt, we must assume it

".

Debt will soar to 119.8% of GDP in 2020, according to government forecasts.

Source: lefigaro

All business articles on 2020-12-03

You may like

Business 2024-02-29T07:33:53.729Z

Trends 24h

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.