Fabien Roussel, PCF presidential candidate, defended the right to "
retire at 60, with a good pension
", a reform that would be financed by "
a contribution on financial income
" or by "
the creation of a million jobs
”.
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By presenting at a press conference at the PCF headquarters in Paris his poster and his campaign slogan - "
the challenge of happy days
" - Fabien Roussel regretted that Emmanuel Macron, "
the country barely emerged from the pandemic, proposes difficult days
”, with its pension reform.
The Head of State raised on June 4 the possibility of relaunching the explosive site of such a reform, while leaving open the questions of content and schedule.
According to its Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, this project remains "
a priority
";
government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Wednesday that the government would "
continue to move forward, without evading but without rushing
".
“
In contrast to a hard reform, I am proposing popular measures: the right to leave at 60, with a good pension, after 37.5 years of contributions, with a replacement rate of 75%, based on the salary for the last six months in the public sector and the last ten years in the private sector
”.
"
Unlike
" that of President Macron, "
our reform is progressive and frees up jobs for young people,
" he added, recalling that the unemployment rate for those under 25 is rising. at 20%.
(18% for women, 20.8% for men, according to INSEE).
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For people in difficult jobs, there would be the possibility of leaving before the age of 60. "
The life expectancy in good health is 69 years for executives and 59 years for workers, ten years less,
" he insisted. On the other hand, 60 would not be an age when it comes to those who want to leave later. The Communist candidate presented three avenues for financing his reform: "
a contribution of 10.4% (equal to that paid by employers) on financial income
", which can bring "
between 30 and 40 billion euros
", "
the creation of one million jobs (seven billion euros)
”,“
equal pay for men and women (5.5 billion euros)
”.
