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Retirement age: Why Macron's false concession could inflame the debate

2022-10-27T09:28:01.386Z


ANALYSIS - On Wednesday evening, the Head of State said he was "open" to raising the retirement age only to 64 if the unions agree to increase the contribution period in parallel to receive a pension at full rate.


Pure political strategy.

This is how to sum up Emmanuel Macron's pseudo-openness or concession on pensions against Caroline Roux in the program

L'Évènement

, on France 2. The President of the Republic has, in fact, reaffirmed, with supporting graphics, the need to

"work longer"

to finance our economy - and in particular the anti-cost of living measures that the government is taking to combat inflation and rising energy prices - and therefore to raise the retirement age .

Very educational, the Head of State re-clarified his campaign commitment: gradually raise the retirement age, at the rate of

“4 months per year”

from the summer of 2022 to reach

“63 years in 2025 , 64 years old in 2028 and 65 years old in 2031”

.

He accompanied his speech with the necessary compensation in terms of social justice for

“long careers who started working before the age of 20”

and will always be able to leave before the legal age and the assets who…

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Source: lefigaro

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