Long careers: “we’ll see if we can improve things”
44 years of contributions for long careers against 43 for other French people: the Minister of Labor responds to this point which is the subject of debate between the government and the opposition.
This question has been debated “for ten years”, says Olivier Dussopt. “In the system we know, 180,000 policyholders leave with more quarters than necessary,” he admits.
The Minister opens the door to adjustments for the standardization of the number of annuities.
“We wanted to ensure that the gaps are as small as possible. We are reducing the gap between those who started early and late. We will see if we can improve things”, declared Olivier Dussopt at the end of the Council of ministers.
Pensions: for Olivier Dussopt, going back to 64 “would be giving up the return to balance”
The Minister of Labor assures that the government does not intend to reconsider the postponement of the legal retirement age to 64 years.
This “would be to give up the return to balance” of the pension system, believes Olivier Dussopt.
Index of seniors: a system of sanctions for companies in the event of non-publication
The Minister of Labor announces a system of sanctions for companies with more than 300 employees who do not publish the index of seniors.
This index “will make it possible to promote good practices and denounce bad ones”, according to the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne.
If the refusal to provide information will be sanctioned, no retaliation is planned for companies where the employment of seniors is not progressing, except for the reinforced obligation to negotiate a social agreement in order to improve the situation.
“We will then look at the developments” from one year to the next, explains Olivier Dussopt after the Council of Ministers.
Olivier Dussopt defends a project “which allows more justice”
The Minister of Labor speaks during a government press briefing, following the Council of Ministers. A meeting dedicated exclusively to the issue of pension reform.
Olivier Dussopt assures that the bill “allows more fairness justice”. He recalls that 15% of employees will be able to retire early.
The government is counting on 18 billion euros in savings by 2030 with the retirement age raised to 64 years.
Pension reform: Jean-Pierre Raffarin accuses Nupes of “trumpism”
On the set of LCI, former Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin sharply criticized the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (Nupes).
On the pension reform, “it does not seek the rally, it seeks to excite, intensify, its own mobilization”, according to him.
And to add: “It’s Trumpism. We don’t speak to the whole country. We speak to these supporters and these supporters we push them to extremism with proposals that are caricatural”.
Pensions: for Éric Woerth, the government “does not reform out of ideology”
“A government does not reform for pleasure or ideology, it just sees that it is the reality”, declares Éric Woerth, Renaissance deputy for Oise, on Europe 1.
The former Minister of Labor of François Fillon develops:
“The reality is what we announced in 2010. I said that there was about a decade of balance left in the pension system”.
A way of insisting on the need for pension reform. During the mandate of Nicolas Sarkozy, this former party Les Républicains had carried out a pension reform consisting in pushing back the legal age from 62 to 64 years.
For Alexis Corbière, “there is a democratic question” with the pension reform
Guest of Public Senate, Alexis Corbière spoke on the pension reform. The deputy La France insoumise (LFI) first welcomed the inter-union mobilization last Thursday, referring to “one of the biggest demonstrations for 30 years”.
For him, the government bill poses a “democratic question”. “Where is the mandate”, asks the elected representative of Seine-Saint-Denis. Certainly this reform “was in its program”, but, insists Alexis Corbière Emmanuel Macron “was elected in a rejection of Madame Le Pen”.
“The President of the Republic must pay attention to something: if he brutalizes the people by saying that we have finally voted for his program, people will no longer vote to block the far right”, warns the ‘rebellious.
“It could be organized”: the CGT plans to cut off the power to billionaires
“The strike is good but it is no longer enough”. The CGT federation of mines and energy will debate targeted cuts against defenders of pension reform.
Their general secretary, Sébastien Menesplier, would like to see this type of method developed in the region.
“We must act. We must take actions… and actions that are visible, which have an impact vis-à-vis those who support the government and the laws of social regression”, he declares on BFMTV.
The question of possible cuts will be discussed at the general meeting.
“Agents in GA will decide what kind of action they want to take.”
If necessary, cuts could “be organized”.
Ironically about the power cuts planned by the government in the event of excessive electrical voltage in France. Sébastien Menesplier wants to “do energy sobriety”.
“Small targeted cuts” of an hour or two, which will concern billionaires and fervent supporters of the pension bill, presented today by the government.
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Pensions: For Le Pen, the government’s position is “horribly brutal”
On BFMTV-RMC, Marine Le Pen denounces a horribly brutal reform. “We put the knife to the throats of employees, including those who were closest to retirement,” she said.
“The objective of this reform is to actually lower retirement pensions,” she accused. The revaluation of small pensions to 1200 euros? “It only affects 2 million people,” replies Marine Le Pen.
The RN is not welcome in the demonstrations of the unions: Le Pen denounces a “hypocrisy”
In the demonstrations of the National Rally, the elected representatives of the National Rally are not welcome, as explained by Laurent Berger and Philippe Martinez, respectively at the head of the CGT and the CFDT.
Marine Le Pen denounces on BFMTV-RMC a “hypocrisy”.
She says that the latter come “to cry about something for which they are responsible, that is to say the election of Emmanuel Macron”.
A reference to the people who voted for the current President of the Republic in order to block the far right.
Marine Le Pen also accuses the unions of “waging war on those who have always opposed pension reform”.
Pension reform: for Marine Le Pen, it is “ineffective” and “deeply unfair”
“This reform (of pensions) is not only ineffective but in reality deeply unfair for the French”, declares Marine Le Pen on BFMTV-RMC.
For the head of RN deputies, the postponement of the legal age goes “against those who have hard work”. “The earlier you work, the harder you work, the earlier you have to be able to leave,” she explained.
Marine Le Pen on politics and unions: “everyone must run in their own lane”
“I think everyone should run in their own lane”, says Marine Le Pen on BFMTV-RMC, while the elected representatives of the National Rally want to lead their opposition to the pension reform in the National Assembly and not in the street with the unions. .
The centrals have expressed their refusal to see members of the far right parade in the processions.
“All the mobilizations are good but they add up, they do not subtract from each other”, defends the head of the RN deputies.
We must explain “the harmfulness of the pension reform”, she continued.
For the Medef, “this reform is balanced and necessary”
The vice-president of Medef, Dominique Carlac’h believes that the government’s pension reform is “for the moment – balanced and necessary”.
guest of RTLshe maintains that the bill, presented today, in the Council of Ministers, is a “progressive” text which makes it possible to be “in balance in 2030”.
The number 2 of the employers’ union considers that the subject in companies is rather that of “the end of the month” than that of “the end of the career”. The salary would therefore be one of the main concerns of employees, before retirement.
On the subject of demonstrations and strikes in the country, Dominique Carlac’h wants to be reassuring: “for the moment, the 2023 edition is calm”.
According to her, it is not surprising that French people are marching in the streets against this new pension reform. “The relationship to work is something that irritates the French”.
“They don’t want to convince, they want to impose”: Poutou denounces the government’s attitude on pensions
On the BFMTV set this Sunday, government spokesman Olivier Véran said that the number of protesters against the pension reform “does not change things”: the executive will pass his project. Words that angered Philippe Poutou a few hours later at the microphone of BFMTV.
“When we listen to them, we have the impression that they are a bit of puppets. They play, they have fun with us”, denounced the former candidate of the New Anti-Capitalist Party (NPA) for the presidential election.
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Macron underlines his “willingness to convince” and “to move forward”
On the sidelines of the Franco-German Council of Ministers this Sunday, Emmanuel Macron spoke about the pension reform.
The President of the Republic asserted his “willingness to convince and move the country forward”. The Head of State also reaffirmed that his re-election legitimized this flagship proposal of his program.
“I believe in collective and individual mandates and responsibility,” he said.
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Pension reform: the text presented to the Council of Ministers on Monday
Determined to roll out its timetable, the government presents this Monday in the Council of Ministers its pension reform without giving in on the main demands of the unions, who intend to further amplify the mobilization after a massive and successful start. Labor Minister Olivier Dussopt must then address the press with government spokesman Olivier Véran.
The postponement of the legal retirement age from 62 to 64, the flagship measure of the reform, is unanimously rejected by the unions, as well as by most of the opposition and, according to polls, a very large majority of French people.
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