Emmanuel Macron plans to reform pensions this fall, through the social security financing bill. This hypothesis agitates the majority, with a divided Renaissance group and discreetly reluctant allies.
Le Monde with AFP
Speaking before the prefects gathered at the Elysée, Thursday, September 15, Emmanuel Macron assured that the government would lead the pension reform. The executive said that a reform could intervene including via the Social Security financing bill (PLFSS) presented on September 26 in the Council of Ministers, debated in the National Assembly then from 20 October in the hemicycle at first reading.
In an interview published by Le Parisien , Saturday September 17, François Bayrou, the boss of the modem, reputed to be close to the president, warns the executive. “I am opposed to the passage in force. If we embark on this path, then we are sure to first coal the oppositions between them, then to divide French society,” warned Mr. Bayrou, calling for Take “the time of pedagogy”.
“A few months should be enough for a solution to be reached, he believes. The President of the Republic said that he wants the reform for the summer of 2023? With this method, with prior work In common, I have the conviction that it can be adopted in the summer of 2023. “
reform interrupted by the pandemic
Emmanuel Macron decided to relaunch the pension reform, which had been paused by the COVID-19 during the first five-year term. “[It] is a reform that is essential” because it is necessary to “work longer in a nation where we live older and we return later on average in working life”, notably repeated the chief of the state.
m. Macron had undertaken during the presidential campaign to “shift the legal age of departure up to 65 years”, against 62 currently, at the rate of “four months per year” until “mid -2030”. It is no longer necessarily a question of such a postponement, but in particular an extension of the contribution duration. This reforming ambition contrasts the oppositions and divides including within the majority, at a time when Mr. Macron has launched his National Refoundation Council (CNR), which must give pride of place to in -depth consultation with political forces , Unions and associations.
“The passage in force is the opposite of the spirit of the CNR which claims to examine the problems together,” said Bayrou, named at the head of this structure. A rapid reform, “I believe that it would actually create a bad climate and would give reason to all those who announce the failure of the CNR”, he still pleads. “It is a reform that cannot be done at the bend of an amendment,” continues Mr. Bayrou, highlighting “a real risk” of censorship.
“I add that if the French have the feeling that their voice does not count, we will be in a climate of extreme tension, with risk of blocking and rapid failure of the period we live,” warns -It again.