Emmanuel Macron ruled on Saturday that it was "impossible" to revalue farmers' current retirement pensions to 85% of the minimum wage, a measure provided for in the future system but which would be too expensive to apply to farmers who are already retired. “I cannot manage the future and the past at the same time. I will not lie to you. Finally, you can already see everything we're having fun with, "underlined the head of state when arriving at the 57th International Agricultural Show in Paris where he was arrested from the start by representatives of the FNSEA, the agricultural union. majority.
Prior to the Show, the FNSEA had asked for an "urgent revaluation" of farmers' retirement pensions. Jérôme Despey, secretary general of the FNSEA, recalled on Tuesday that farmers' retirement pensions are currently on average at 740 euros per month (760 euros for men and 580 euros for women). "However, the average French pension is 1,390 euros per month," he said. “Everyone who enters the new system, unlike the old one, will have a minimum retirement guarantee. Can I tell you, "All of today's retired farmers can come in?" It's impossible. It is impossible, because it is 1.1 billion, "replied Emmanuel Macron.
"You were in support of the reform"
This figure of 1.1 billion would correspond to a revaluation of pensions for current retirees and their spouses, said the head of state, interviewed by AFP. “If I say that to farmers, what do I say to traders, artisans, self-employed people who are in exactly the same situation? ", he added. “You were in support of the reform. But in the past, I cannot say "We are only going to treat the peasants". All those who have been on other systems should be treated to bring everyone back to 85%. At that time, the cost is very important. It is several tens of billions of euros. "
"You ask me to repair four decades in the past, while I try to project the country four decades ahead and there is already some resistance, as you have seen," said the chief of the State, while discussions are bogged down in the Assembly on this reform also highly contested in the street.
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