This is the measure of his most divisive program.
Since he embarked on the race for his succession in early March, Emmanuel Macron has not stopped hammering him.
Reelected, he will initiate the reform that he was unable to implement in the five-year term which is ending: that of pensions, hit hard by the health crisis in March 2020. Guest of 8 p.m. on France 2 Thursday evening, the president-candidate has for the first time given a start of the calendar.
"
The idea is still that this (
negotiations, LDLR)
can last a few months and therefore that we can try to aim for next January
", announces the outgoing, who recalled his wish to gradually push back the age retirement at age 65 and to raise the minimum pension to 1,100 euros.
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In detail, Emmanuel Macron aims to postpone this threshold to 64 years old by 2028 and to 65 years old by 2031. And therefore “
to shift the legal age by four months a year
” to “
finance our social model.
“While these deadlines will exceed the end of his possible second five-year term, the Head of State anticipates “
a meeting clause
” during the next presidential election.
According to him, "
we have gone from a situation where a fortnight ago many of our compatriots and viewers said to themselves
'
if the outgoing president is re-elected, we will have to work until we are 65 in 6 months
',
it is wrong.
"Reform that he justifies by "
social progress
and by the fact that many countries "
have gone
" in the same direction.
Talking to Left Voters
Central pivot of his campaign, the pension reform project was amended by Emmanuel Macron himself two days after the first round.
During a trip to Denain on the northern lands on April 12, he then indicated that age could be an adjustment variable, opening the door to a departure at 64, and that the whole could make the subject of a referendum.
With a gap between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen still narrow in second-round polls, it was a way to speak to left-leaning voters who were still hesitating between his candidacy and that of Marine Le Pen or who had planned to vote. abstain.
