The government will "try to implement from 2020" the promise of Emmanuel Macron a minimum pension of at least 1,000 euros for those who have a career, said Friday the Minister of Solidarity and Health, Agnès Buzyn.
1,000 euros against less than 700 euros currently
The President of the Republic wished Thursday evening that the "minimum contributive" guaranteed to those who have sufficiently contributed or reaches the age of "full rate" is raised to 1,000 euros, against less than 700 euros currently. "We will try to implement it in 2020 in flux, that is to say for all people who will retire in 2020," said Agnès Buzyn on BFMTV. To finance this new promise, "it is clear that there is room for maneuver on pensions," said the minister.
"We will work on different scenarios"
The Head of State confirmed the retention of the legal age of departure at 62, "the question is (if) we push a little further the number of quarters assessed" to be entitled to "full rate" and if "we put in place a system of surcote or haircut, to allow people who wish it to work longer," said Agnès Buzyn. "We are going to work on different scenarios, they are not registered," she said.
Paid leave, pension rights: Agnès Buzyn wants to help family carers by 2020
As of 2020, the government will take measures in favor of "caregivers" who support an elderly, sick or disabled family member in the form of paid leave and / or "contributory rights to retirement". Thursday at his press conference, President Emmanuel Macron stressed the need to better "recognize" the role of caregivers. It will be necessary "to build them a place during the pension reform and to build rights for them," said the head of state, referring to "those, often women, who have put in brackets or sacrificed their professional lives to caring for a child with a disability, a family member, a family member who has become dependent. "