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We must ensure the balance of the pension system by working longer before being able to introduce a measure of "equity" by moving to a universal system by points ending special regimes, said the president of Medef Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux. "We need a reform of equilibrium before making a reform of equity", he insisted during a press conference, organized before the delivery Thursday to the government of the annual report of the Council of orientation of the pensions ( COR) on the current state of the system.
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However, "there is a problem of balance that is not the thickness of the line" with "at least 10 billion financial hole by 2025", believes Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux. The pension system deficit is expected to be between € 7.9 billion and € 17.2 billion by that date, according to the COR.
Disagree with Laurent Berger
"I believe that the government must come out of 'at the same time' and waiting: we can not do a reform that is the mother of all reforms, a reform for 50 years, sitting on a diet The French know that they are not balanced, "says the boss of Medef. "You can not give people confidence in the fact that they will have a pension if they are told 'there is a financial problem but it is not solved right away'."
" If we lie by omission, we pollute much more the debate "Patronage and unions oppose this measure of age: CFDT Secretary General Laurent Berger explains that one should not pollute a structural reform by measures of age. "It's already polluted," retorts Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux. "If we lie by omission, we pollute the debate much more, people will not want a financially unbalanced reform." The president of Medef also recalled that the transition to a universal system by points responded to a request from the CFDT and not the Medef.