Announcements before the holiday season.
Government spokesman Olivier Véran assured on Tuesday that "the consultation continues" between the government and the social partners on a decline in the retirement age and that information would be communicated "by the end of the 2nd week of December.
During the report of the Council of Ministers, Olivier Véran however denied information from RTL which claimed that a decline in the retirement age to 65 was the government's preferred route.
"There is nothing new in what came out this morning," he said.
“There is no announcement to make, there will be announcements soon since by the end of the second week of December there will be a communication that will be made, which will prefigure the future pension reform bill” , he developed.
A new round of negotiations
Questioned, the cabinet of the Minister of Labor Olivier Dussopt, in charge of the consultations, recalled that the third cycle of these was to open "Thursday", then would be declined over several days on the crucial question of the balance of the system. , and therefore its financing, the retirement age and the extension of the contribution period.
“Anything that would be information on an arbitration on age is rumor.
The consultation is continuing,” it said.
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During his campaign, Emmanuel Macron promised to raise the retirement age to 65.
Then, he mentioned a decline to 64 years accompanied by an extension of the contribution period.
The age of 65 is the “roadmap”, recalled Olivier Véran, “which does not mean that consultation will not be useful, necessary and that it cannot change things”.
