Pensions: "Most of the demonstrators were public employees," says Roux de Bézieux

Gauthier Delomez 7:00 p.m., January 20, 2023

Each new pension reform brings hundreds of thousands of people to pound the pavement in France.

This Thursday, between 1.12 and two million demonstrators took to the streets to express their protest against the new government project, which plans to shift the legal age of departure from 62 to 64 years old.

A massive mobilization, like those of 2019 or 2010, on the occasion of the passage from 60 to 62 years.

Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, president of Medef, notes that this week, "most of the demonstrators were public employees or large companies in which the state is a shareholder".

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this Friday, the boss of Medef says he notes that "social tensions exist in private companies, but they are rather around wages. What concerns our private sector employees, for the moment, this n It's not the end of their career," said Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux at the microphone of Pierre de Vilno.

If retirement is still not a non-subject in private groups, the president of the main union relies on the mandatory annual negotiations (NAO) and notes a more marked concern among employees regarding remuneration.

"Inflation is high", he notes, "and for salaries below 2,000 euros, inflation takes more than 6%. The weight of food, transport, makes it go be strong salary increases", assures Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux.