The controversial pension reform largely fueled the Prime Minister's interview on Tuesday morning, at the dawn of a new marathon of consultations with the social partners.
At the microphone of Franceinfo, Elisabeth Borne discussed this project at length, distilling a few announcements.
"The age of 65 is not a totem"
The Prime Minister immediately recalled the challenge of the consultations over the next two days with the unions.
“Discussions continue.
The age of 65 is not a totem.
There are other solutions that achieve our goal.
We are continuing to discuss with employers' organizations and unions.
She assures us: “These consultations are useful (…) Each time, we listen to the questions, the observations, the remarks”.
Before adding: “We will not go after the 43 years of contributions provided for in the Touraine reform to have a full pension”.
"When I hear people say
we will have to work for 47 or 48 years
, that's not true," hammered Élisabeth Borne.
She repeats: "The age of cancellation of the discount will not change: it will remain at 67 years".
“There is clearly a red line for us: not to increase the cost of labour.
My priority is full employment.
We do not want to increase the contributions ”, justified Élisabeth Borne.
A presentation on January 23
She also announced that this reform “will come into force at the end of this summer”.
“Our objective is the presentation of the reform on January 10 before a presentation to the Council of Ministers on January 23 for entry into force at the end of the summer”, she explains.
According to the Prime Minister, "There will be a debate" on the extension of a revaluation to current retirees.
She says she considers the minimum pension of 1,200 euros a “priority”.
“My priority is that it is the active people who will have to work a little longer who benefit from this revaluation”, she insisted on France info.
Unemployment insurance reform: a draft decree withdrawn
Another subject, a draft decree which modified the rules of compensation had been unveiled just before Christmas.
The latter provided for a 40% reduction in the duration of compensation in the event of unemployment below 6%.
“I hear that this point may not have been sufficiently discussed, so we are going to withdraw it, this third level of the decree which will come into force on February 1, and we will put this subject back in the consultation on the future rules of unemployment insurance," said the Prime Minister.
An inflation peak expected at the start of the year
"We will have an inflationary peak at the beginning of the year, before seeing this trend drop", also indicates the Prime Minister, about the economic situation of France.
She recalls that there is a panel of aid set up by the government to improve the purchasing power of the French.
“We will maintain a price shield for gas and electricity.
Without state aid, it would have been a doubling of the bills, ”she says.
And to add: “We will continue to protect households, particularly the most modest.
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“I hear the concern of companies who see prices going up a lot [
regarding energy bills
].
That's why we put in place aid.
However, few companies have already taken advantage of this aid.
They are perhaps not sufficiently known, we have our share of responsibility.
We must all together make this aid known, ”underlines the Prime Minister.
Help for bakers
The Prime Minister asks companies in the energy sector “to allow companies that are in difficulty to spread the payment of invoices over the first months of the year”.
Hit hard by the increase in energy prices, the bakers, who must be received at Bercy in the morning, will also be able to "request the postponement of the payment of their taxes and social security contributions" to relieve their cash flow, indicates- she.
