Pensions: going back to 64 "would be giving up the return to balance" of the system, according to Dussopt

2023-01-23T11:44:27.711Z

The text of the government was presented to the Council of Ministers this Monday, January 23, before arriving at the National Assembly scheduled for February 6.

The "

determination

" of the government remains intact.

Presented this Monday in the Council of Ministers, the pension reform project was then defended by Ministers Olivier Dussopt (Labour) and Stanislas Guerini (Transformation and Public Service).

According to them, it is a text enriched by “

significant

” measures, and “

fruit of the work

” carried out with political organizations and trade unions, but certain elements of which cannot be modified.

This is particularly the case of the legal age of departure, which the text must postpone to 64 years by 2030. On this point, the executive knows "

that there is a disagreement

" with the social partners, as said Olivier Dussopt.

But this is an “ absolutely fundamental

” aspect

, and “

to go back to this point would be to give up the return to balance, and therefore lack responsibility towards future generations.

“No difficulty” as to the duration of the debates

Concerning the will of certain MoDem deputies, who intend to return to the 35-hour week, the minister also insisted on the fact that “

the debate on working time does not have to be opened with this reform

”.

Two weeks before the opening of discussions in the National Assembly, Olivier Dussopt also showed confidence.

On the form - a bill amending the financing of Social Security and a review period of twenty days - the Minister sees "

no particular difficulty

“

It is far superior to most parliamentary debates as they are organised

,” he commented.

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As for the substance, "

without wishing to prejudge the parliamentary debate

", the Minister assured that "

each time an amendment will allow us to improve the text without giving up the return to financial balance in 2030, and of course the fundamentals , we will be in favor of it

”.

While recalling: “

We have integrated many requests made by parliamentarians.

Source: lefigaro

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