The pension reform, a project interrupted by the health crisis, remains a "
priority
", according to the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire, while the vagueness remains on its resumption of work before the end of the five-year term of Emmanuel Macron.
"It will be necessary (...) to continue structural reforms: the priority is pensions
", declared Mr. Le Maire in the
Journal du Dimanche.
Originally conceived as one of the great reforms of Emmanuel Macron's presidency, the overhaul of the pension system was interrupted in early 2020 by the outbreak of the Covid-19 crisis, after having provoked major social movements .
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Mr. Macron this week relaunched the subject, judging that the reform could not be resumed "
as is
" but warning that he would not hesitate to make "difficult" decisions between now and the presidential election spring 2022.
"The President of the Republic was clear"
as to the fact that the reform could not be resumed as it is, admitted Mr. Le Maire. But that does
not "exclude taking into account the individual situation of each one"
, he qualified, this principle having been presented by the government as the basic philosophy of the reform.
Asked in this regard on the hypothesis of a point retirement system, Mr. Le Maire refrained from giving a clear answer, contenting himself with insisting on the need to "
balance
" the current system.
He also did not specify what timetable he wanted for the reform.
On Saturday, Modem President François Bayrou, Mr. Macron's main ally in the majority, had already judged "
inevitable
" to lead the pension reform.
According to a government source, the head of state should give more details on his intentions in early July, probably with the launch of a social summit.
