The candidate initially wanted to open the device to the entire population. Fearing the criticisms of part of the right-wing electorate, it will now limit it to people who started working before 20 years.
Le Monde with AFP
The National Gathering (NR) candidate in the presidential election, Marine Le Pen, introduced, on Thursday, February 17, a gradual retirement system, by reserving the retirement at age 60 with 40 annuities to those entered In active life before the age of 20, sweetened its initial proposal. “Work earlier is to work harder and therefore retire earlier,” said the far-right candidate at a press conference.
So far, M me Le Pen considered a retirement at age 60 with 40 annuities for everyone, which had been criticized, including in his own camp, some dreading a repulsion measure for the right electorate. People entered into active life between the ages of 17 and 20 can “benefit from a full rate from 60 years with 40 annuities, a gain (…) more than two years of work”, detailed M me Le Pen.
For those who start working after the age of 20 and up to 24.5 years, “a progressive system from 160 to 168 quarters of contributions will be put in place”, for a departure between “60.75 and 62 years old “, according to the Rn. M me Le Pen wants to “encourage young people to privilege activity, the creation of value to the pursuit of higher education does not guarantee them an employability”.
a cost 9.6 billion euros per year ultimately
“The lower the entry age in employment, plus the number of quarters needed to benefit from the rate will be so low,” she explained. Finally, for those entered into active life from 25 years, “the conditions of contributions and age will be unchanged from today”.
The statutory retirement age is currently 62 years, but it is possible to leave earlier for those who started working young (“long careers”) or for officials in “active category” (policemen, firefighters …). To have a full rate retirement, it is necessary to have contributed forty-two years, to wait for the age of 67.
This gradual system would come into effect from 2022 if it was elected and cost 9.6 billion euros in full year, either from 2027, said the candidate. M me Le Pen has also repeated that retreats would be “re-exindexed on inflation”, small retreats and solidarity allocation to the elderly “increased to 1,000 euros”. “This ideal is that of the dignity and protection of the most fragile,” she argued.