The pension reform, suspended in March because of the epidemic crisis, "
will be done before the end of the five-year term
", assured Monday the Secretary of State in charge of the file, Laurent Pietraszewski.
"
We have a commitment with the French, to transform our pension system to make it something fairer, more united
", observed on RTL the Secretary of State.
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The “
challenges of today
” rather concern the resumption of activity despite the circulation of the coronavirus, underlined Laurent Pietraszewski, also in charge of occupational health.
However, "
I am here to make this transformation of the pension system, so yes, it will be done before the end of the five-year term,
" he added, in response to a question on the timetable for this project.
This reform, which had provoked two months of trade union and political rebellion before the epidemic, was "
suspended
" in mid-March after its adoption at first reading in the National Assembly, by the use of article 49-3 of the Constitution.
President Macron, however, estimated, on July 14, that France could not "
save a reform
" of its pension system, while acknowledging that the government's plan could not be maintained as conceived before. the health crisis.
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Prime Minister Jean Castex then announced on July 17 that he was postponing this key social reform.
He promised a "
new method
", distinguishing the "
structural character
" of the project "
which aims at more justice
" and its "
financial component
".