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Simple proposal or trial balloon? Emmanuel Macron plans, if he is re-elected in the April presidential election, to raise the legal retirement age to 65, writes this Wednesday, March 9 the daily ” The echoes “.
The newspaper, which quotes “concordant sources close to the file”, specifies that the preferred rate would be four additional months of contributions for each generation, i.e. nine years of transition. If the reform comes into force in 2023, it will be completed in 2032, writes “Les Échos” again.
A “soon to be presented” program
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The candidate president did not hide his desire that the French “work more” as he recalled in his candidacy video on Thursday last by ensuring that“We will have to work more and continue to lower taxes on labor and production”.
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But the legal retirement age remains a topic of discussion and he did not say where he would set the slider. “These are avenues of work. The program will be presented soon », was content to say his campaign team on Wednesday evening. The outgoing president had to suspend and then abandon several major reforms during his five-year term, including that of pensions, due to the coronavirus crisis.
The legal retirement age is currently 62. But to have a full pension, you must either have contributed for 42 years or wait until the age of 67. The candidate’s program should be unveiled at the end of next week, according to sources close to his campaign team.