The former Prime Minister, who had tried to conduct a pension reform before she was interrupted by the COVVID, pleads again for a postponement of the departure age, at 65 or even 67 years.
Le Monde with AFP
The pension reform is one of the most “hot” subjects of the next months. On Wednesday, the Minister of Labor, Olivier Dussopt, kicked off the “consultation” on the pension reform. The former Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe, invites himself into the debate. In an interview with Parisian published on Saturday October 8, he pleads again for a postponement of the departure age, at 65 or even 67 years.
“I always said that I considered that I had to move on pensions, move a lot,” he said, recalling that he spoke from last year “of a postponement of the legal age at 65, 66 or 67 years “. “My goal is not to plead for the hardest solution in order to piss off the world,” says the owner of the Horizons party, which forms the right wing of the majority.
“All the countries of the European Union are faced with the same aging of their population as we are. Whether liberal, Christian Democrats, Social Democrats, they all chose the solution to postpone the starting age Retired, “he said, citing the examples of Germany and Italy which” have chosen 67 years “. “I do not know by what miracle of the mind we could be in a situation radically different from that of our neighbors,” added the one who had tried to lead a pension reform, before she was interrupted by Le Covid.
campaign promise by Emmanuel Macron
According to a promise of his re -election campaign, Emmanuel Macron affirmed his intention to quickly carry out a pension reform, for an application in the summer of 2023, with a gradual discrepancy of the departure age at 65. “If we are 65 years old and it works, it suits me very well,” says Philippe. “And if we leave later, we must improve the system by introducing more justice, and taking of course into account the long careers,” he continues.
According to Mr. Philippe, expressing his concern in the face of “a significant deficit and a public expenditure which progresses”, a pension reform is one of the tracks which must make it possible to limit the debt of France. In this perspective, Mr. Philippe observes that the executive has set “a 3 % return to deficit around 2027”. “We are the only country to set this course. The others have a 2025 objective,” he notes.
“We always spend more without our fellow citizens feeling that it is much better”, still supports Mr. Philippe, calling in particular to review the housing policy which is, according to him, “become largely ineffective and therefore largely too much dear for what we get it “.
Asked about migration policy, the former Prime Minister believes that establishing “quotas by professions” seems to him “perfectly possible”. “We need skills, to bring people. Even with an unemployment rate at 7 %, it is difficult to recruit in certain areas,” he argues.