– The boss of LR senators sets his conditions
On small pensions, Retailleau called for “defining a convergence path for current retirees” during a meeting with Borne.
The boss of the LR senators, Bruno Retailleau, who spoke Thursday with Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on the pension reform, set conditions on small pensions, in particular those of women, to support the text.
“I have the impression that the government’s landing point will be the Senate’s proposal,” he told AFP.
“If the government proposes the reform that we vote for every year, what would be the argument that would make us not vote for it today?” he wondered at the end of this interview.
“We cannot dissociate the question of small pensions from that of the retirement of women, and in particular mothers of families.”
Bruno Retailleau
In this reform, the senator from Vendée mentioned “a mix” between on the one hand the postponement of the retirement age to “64 years more than 65 years old”, on the other hand “the duration of contribution”. “We are not going beyond the 43 annuities of contribution but we are going there faster. The Touraine reform concerned the 1973 generation, no doubt it will be 1967”, he added.
But “beyond this general framework, a number of important points remain unresolved,” added Mr. Retailleau.
On small pensions, he pleaded for “defining a convergence path for current retirees” so that “there is a catch-up over a few years” allowing them to bring their pension to “85% of the Smic or 1,200 euros” if they have a full career.
“The question of small pensions and this convergence will be for us an important point of our support for the reform”, he assured.
Special diets
He also insisted on the fact that “we cannot dissociate the question of small pensions from that of the retirement of women, and in particular mothers of families who, because they have had children, have taken up jobs at part-time or have had a choppy career.
Finally, on the special diets, “so that there is no injustice, if there is a two-year lag in the private sector, there must be a two-year lag for the special diets, following a convergence period,” he said.
“We might not obtain our agreement if these points were neglected”, warned Mr. Retailleau who felt the Prime Minister “open” on these three subjects.
Asked regarding Radio J, MEP Agnès Evren also pleaded to “guarantee a pension of 1,200 euros”, because “three out of ten retired French people receive less than 1,000 euros gross per month, it is unworthy”.
According to her, we must “stop bracing ourselves” on the question of age while other problems must be settled, in particular that of the employment of seniors, while “France is one of the countries the worst” in Europe on the issue.
On this point “companies will have to make an effort, even if it means being sanctioned”, she estimated.
AFP
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