MoDem boss François Bayrou assured Sunday that he was "
convinced
" that Emmanuel Macron will not raise the retirement age to 67, an "
idea
" supported by Edouard Philippe.
Could the head of state push the cursor up to 67?
"
I am convinced that it is not his idea
", "
I am convinced
of it ", replied François Bayrou, questioned on Radio J. "
I do not share this idea that the only future of pensions is raise the legal retirement age to 67
,” he added.
The boss of the MoDem was reacting to a proposal from Édouard Philippe, holding the right wing of the majority with his Horizons party, and who urged the executive on Saturday in Le Parisien to "
move a lot
" on pensions, pleading for a postponement of the retirement age to 65 or even 67 years.
"
You know that he (Emmanuel Macron) said during the electoral campaign, that he was flexible on this question of age
", argued François Bayrou, recalling that the Head of State had said he was ready to gradually shift the milestone, with a first stage at age 64.
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“
The more flexibility we put in, the better it is, and the less it is rejected
,” argued François Bayrou, also calling for “
guarantees
” to be given for the management of long careers or hardship.
"
I think that the question of pensions is not only a budgetary question: the question of pensions is a social project
", insisted François Bayrou.
The boss of the Modem recently stood out by warning against any "forced passage" around this reform.
Emmanuel Macron, who seemed to want to act this fall, proved him right by asking the government to open new consultations, while setting the implementation of the reform in the summer of 2023.
“
I strongly believe in the need to take the time to clarify the reasons that make pension reform essential, particularly in the eyes of public opinion,
” François Bayrou again pleaded.
Asked also, on BFMTV, about a possible shift to 67 years of the age of departure, the leader of the Renaissance deputies Aurore Bergé affirmed that it was not about the “
project that we carry
”.
“
And that is not the project that we will implement in this five
-year term”, she hammered.
