The former Prime Minister calls for “moving a lot” on this file.
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“I have always said that I considered that it was necessary to move on the retreats, to move a lot.” In the midst of the debate on pension reform, Edouard Philippe pleads again for a postponement of the departure age “at 65, 66 or 67”. “My goal is not to plead for the harshest solution in order to annoy the world”, assured the former Prime Minister in an interview with Parisian (article subscribers) released Saturday, October 8.
“All the countries of the European Union are facing the same aging of their populations as we are”, advances the boss of the Horizons party, which forms the right wing of the majority. “Whether liberals, Christian Democrats, social democrats, they have all chosen the solution of postponing the retirement age”he underlines again, citing the examples of Germany and Italy which “chose 67”.
Following a promise from his re-election campaign, Emmanuel Macron affirmed his intention to quickly carry out a pension reform, for application from the summer of 2023. “If you’re 65 and it works, it suits me very well”assures his former Prime Minister. “And if we leave later, we must improve the system by introducing more justice, and of course taking into account long careers”he continues.