This time, the criticism even comes from a supporter of the pension reform. Invited this Monday morning on RTL radio, the president of Medef Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux estimated that the timetable for the adoption of the pension reform was "not sustainable" and that the social partners needed more time to negotiate as part of the funding conference. "I believe that the calendar in which we are locked is not tenable," he added.
Asked whether Medef was going to ask for more time to negotiate, he replied: "yes, very clearly", while the social partners, gathered in the financing conference which begins this week, must deliver from here at the end of April their proposals to financially balance the pension system by 2027.
Time for hardship
For the president of Medef, more time is necessary to discuss in particular the subject of arduousness, on which the organization notably opposes the proposals of the CFDT to define arduous professions.
Reform of #Retirement in the National Assembly: "The calendar is not tenable ... two months to find solutions to problems that arise every day, it is not reasonable," said @GeoffroyRDB in # RTLMatin with @VenturaAlba pic.twitter.com/g6ElpTOGzB
- RTL France (@RTLFrance) February 17, 2020"Wanting to make special plans for the private sector by profession (…) this is a double error", because it would remove the prevention efforts of employers and it would increase the number of professions with people who would leave earlier which would not be good for the employment of seniors, he justified.
“I don't think we should say that a whole profession has a difficult job. This is what we did with the RATP in 1945, this is what we did with the SNCF. It gives the special diets of the public. We are not going to recreate them in the private sector, ”he defended again.
Concerns about the financing of the reform
In addition, he renewed his concerns about the long-term financing of the future pension system and the government's lack of information on this point.
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"We do not see any more clearly in the government's plan," regretted Mr. Roux de Bézieux, pointing to "a form of blackout on funding" after 2027, in the impact study provided by the government. With the text bill. "We cannot go to this system without having the answers", on funding, he insisted.
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