Top start for the “funding conference”. Installed at the end of January by Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, this body responsible for bringing the pension system back to balance by 2027 will start its work on Tuesday, the social partners having to meet six times by April.
The trade unions (CFDT, CGT, FO, CFE-CGC, CFDT, Unsa) and employers' organizations (Medef, CPME, U2P, FNSEA) are invited to two working groups which will start respectively on Tuesday and Thursday at 9:30 am at the Ministry of Solidarity in Paris .
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The first will have to floor on the means of absorbing, in the short term, the deficit of the system, expected at "12 billion euros per year in 2027", according to Edouard Philippe, the second relating to the financial management of the future universal system by points .
This “conference”, initially suggested by the CFDT, should allow the social partners to present alternative measures to the pivotal age, below which it is not possible to leave with a full pension, without affecting the level of pensions or labor costs.
But "before talking about cocktails of measures, we need a shared diagnosis," warned the secretary general of the CFDT Laurent Berger, in an interview with the Journal du dimanche . "We asked for several figures to assess the reality of the short-term imbalance and the cost of the new provisions," he said.
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“If there is a shortfall in revenue due to a disengagement from the state, is it the workers to pay? No, "added Laurent Berger, while the downsizing and small salary increases planned for civil servants lead to a reduction in pension resources.
"The State must pay its debts" abounded with AFP the CFTC negotiator, Pascale Coton, in reference to "contribution relief" not compensated by the State. Draw on the retirement reserves fund, raise the income ceiling subject to contributions, etc. Various avenues must be explored.
A final document scheduled for late April
Opposed to the reform in its very principle, the secretary general of FO Yves Veyrier explained that his union would go to the working groups "to monitor what is said and what is done there because we do not have the intention that social mechanisms be spoiled, diverted, to make up such or such pension contribution ”.
Working sessions are scheduled for March 10, 12, 24 and 25, with a view to a plenary session in early April and before delivery of a final document in late April. Edouard Philippe assured that if the "conference" resulted in a compromise, he "would endorse these proposals".
The pension reform bill, which is currently before parliament, provides that the government, within three months of the text's vote, will issue an order to "achieve financial balance" in 2027.
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