Paris (AFP)
The mobilization Thursday against the pension reform will be a "great moment in the life of the country," said Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who intends to participate in a 20-minute interview published Tuesday.
"It's going to be one of those great moments in the life of the country where mentalities are formed politically," says the insubordinate leader of France. According to the boss of the deputies LFI, "the dégagisme which works the country in depth" "will speak about the pensions, because it is a subject painful for the French."
"This Thursday is not only a trade union event, it is a national event," he adds. "The current detonator is the junction between the middle classes and the popular movement in the rejection of the dominant system," analyzes Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
He castigates the government, which "fuels the jealousy within the people by drawing attention to the 42 special regimes", "a trickery" because these "concern only 3% of the active population".
The ultimate goal of the executive is for Mr. Mélenchon "a minimum pension for all and the obligation for the best paid to take insurance by capitalization to maintain a good level of income".
LFI will unveil its counter-project by the end of December: "We will again propose financing that will ensure retirement at age 60, after 40 years of service, and pay-as-you-go, with no pension lower than salary. minimum for complete careers and always above the poverty line for others ", announces the Insoumis.
According to Mr. Mélenchon, this would be financed by the general increase in wages and the establishment of gender equality, which would bring higher contributions.
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