The Luxembourg Palace, dominated by the right, voted the postponement of the legal departure age to 64 years. If he joins “the objectives” of LR, the government first wants to give the time to consultation, before presenting its own reform in early 2023.
by Bertrand Bissuel
On pensions, the executive and the right cannot yet get along, despite their many common ideas about this file. Saturday, November 12, during the examination of the Social Security financing bill (PLFSS) for 2023, the Senators of the Les Républicains (LR) and Centrist Union (UC) groups adopted an amendment to postpone 62 years At 64, the age of opening rights to a pension. The measure was voted against the government’s advice, although it resembles that defended by Emmanuel Macron, as part of a reform which must be presented in early 2023, normally. The hypothesis of an alliance, further concluded, remains open, however, the protagonists having sent signals of good will.
The arrangement approved on Saturday was carried by René-Paul Savary, Senator LR de la Marne. It presents itself as a double relaxation mechanism. At first, a “national convention” would bring together personalities with various profiles (social partners, state representatives, family associations and retirees, experts). It is up to them to find solutions in favor of the use of seniors and the financial rebalancing of the old age branch by 2033.
If this agreement did not reach a compromise, several parameter changes would come from 1 er 2024. The legal retirement age would therefore gradually pass 62 years to 64 years . In addition, the law of January 2014, known as “Touraine law”, would be implemented faster than expected: thus, the duration of contribution required for the full rate would be set at forty-three years from the 1967 generation (instead of generation 1973).
This approach reflects a form of consistency among LR and UC senators, the majority at the Luxembourg Palace. Over the past four years, during the debates devoted to PLFSS, they have approved amendments going in the same direction. Without success, since the measures in question have not been maintained in the final version of the laws.
“We cannot pre -empt decisions”
But, this time, the context is different, as recalled on Saturday, Jean-Christophe Combe, the Minister of Solidarity, who represented the government in the hemicycle. “We join the objectives and the themes that appear in your proposal,” he said, citing in particular the desire to “work longer to ensure the balance of our pension system.” Power in Place “Sharing many observations with the senatorial majority and in particular the need to quickly reform our [pensions] regime,” he added.
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