His monthly retirement income is not “sufficient”.
Former journalist Jean-Marc Sylvestre revealed this Thursday March 7 on C8 the amount of his retirement, which he claims to be 9,000 euros.
Faced with host Jordan De Luxe, Jean-Marc Sylvestre was quick to justify himself: “It’s not much.
(…) It’s legal!
This is my retirement!
“, he insisted.
An amount that still caught the attention of the interviewer, faced with a guest who did not seem to understand that the amount was considered particularly high.
The former economic journalist for TF1 and LCI worked within the group for more than 25 years, between 1994 and 2010, before joining i-Télé until 2012, then participating in the launch of RT France in 2017.
“I have 9,000th pension and that’s not enough!”
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— Jordan De Luxe (@Jordan2luxe) March 7, 2024
“We have desires, we have needs, we are insatiable”
Now 77 years old, he explained that he “needs more because we have desires, we have needs, we are insatiable”.
“I could invest.
Maybe I want to start a business again.
I already have one business, but I would like to start a second one,” he continued.
And the journalist criticizes the “fake asses” who do not reveal the true amount of their remuneration.
He also claimed at the end of the show to be a “millionaire”: “If being a millionaire means having a million euros… Then yes, I am a millionaire.
As soon as you own an apartment in Paris, you are considered a millionaire.
That's the problem!
As soon as you have an apartment, they point the finger at you,” he said.
As a reminder, only 5% of French retirees earn more than 4,000 euros per month, according to the latest available INSEE statistics dating from 2021, and one in two retirees (i.e. 7.4 million French people) receive a pension of less than 2,000 monthly euros.
INSEE data does not allow us to know precisely the percentage or number of French retirees receiving a pension amounting to 9,000 euros.