Government spokeswoman Sibeth Ndiaye said Wednesday that, despite the preference expressed Monday by Emmanuel Macron for the contribution period, "the idea of age pivot" is not "buried" for pension reform.
The head of state said Monday night his preference, in the proposed overhaul of the pension system, for a calculation of pension rights related to the duration of contribution rather than the age of departure.
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"The Delevoye report outlined two options for calculating the future age of the full rate, on the one hand a full rate age depending on the duration of what each would have contributed, and on the other hand a full rate age that is the same for all and that would be set at 64 years, "recalled the Secretary of State at the exit conference of the Council of Ministers.
"Better take into account those who start working early"
"These two options are on the table, the President of the Republic has expressed the preference that was his, it is not about burying the idea of the pivotal age," she said. "The idea is rather in her mind to better take into account especially those who start working early," she added.
"Nevertheless, he wants this issue to be debated, both in discussions that the Prime Minister will begin to lead (...) on 5 and 6 September, and with a citizen consultation," said Sibeth Ndiaye, while stating that the President did not return to the subject in the Council of Ministers.
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After weeks of cacophony in the spring, the government had decided in favor of an "age of balance" become the symbol of the future "universal system" by points promised by Emmanuel Macron. The high commissioner for pension reform, Jean-Paul Delevoye, had clarified the idea mid-July: the legal age would remain fixed at 62, but it would be necessary to work until 64 years for a pension "at full rate" . A finding immediately rejected unanimously by the employers and the unions, CGT and FO by even the main slogan of their demonstrations scheduled for late September.
"Nothing is decided," said Monday evening the President of the Republic, wishing however that the reform "be fair in terms of contribution". "I prefer agreement on the duration of the contribution rather than the age," he added.