"The time of the universal system has come." Seven days after the start of the strike against the pension reform, Prime Minister Philippe Philippe unveiled Wednesday his pension reform before the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE). He presented the "architecture" of the reform aimed at merging the 42 current pension plans (special, civil servants, private employees, liberals, craftsmen, farmers ...) into one universal point system.
In the first part of his speech, Édouard Philippe insisted on the principle of "universality" of this reform going towards the "suppression of the 42 existing regimes".
"Politician prose"
Invited on Europe 1, Christian Grolier, Secretary General of the General Federation of Civil Servants (Force Ouvrière) believes that this announcement will not calm the anger of the street. "The social movement started since December 5 was not heard," he says. "The response is not likely to calm the demonstrators and strikers, it is obvious that the general assemblies may renew the movement." In relation to the slogan that was the withdrawal of a universal regime by points I do not see how what is already announced can satisfy us.
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For his part, Thierry Babeck, Secretary General of UNSA RATP, also invited on Europe 1, ensures that the Prime Minister tries, with this speech, to ease tensions. "I have the feeling that he seeks at first to attract the support of public opinion," he says, while it "supports the majority of the social movement." "It's politician prose, he does not want a balance of power but it is the balance of power, it must be managed now," he says, saying that "we is not in the world of Yes-Yes ".
Édouard Philippe also announced a retirement of 1.000 euros guaranteed for a complete career at Smic. "The universal system will better protect the most fragile French, who are too often forgotten in the system," he pleaded, adding that this minimum pension "will be guaranteed by law to 85% of the Smic in the long term and evolve like this. " An announcement that makes Christian Grolier jump. "For a full career, it takes 43 years to qualify for a minimum of 1,000 euros pension .. That we do not believe to all farmers that tomorrow they will have 1,000 euros pension per month.They will have it only they have contributed for 43 years, "he indignantly.
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"What about those who have no bonuses?"
Another point which makes react in the studio of Europe 1: the taking into account of the premiums of the civil servants in the calculation of the pensions, which "will allow them to acquire rights" according to the Prime Minister, who added that the level of pensions teachers will be "sanctified" in the law. "What about those who do not have bonuses?" Wonders Christian Grelier, perplexed, before stating that about 1 million teachers in the public service of the state and several thousand agents in the territorial public service, especially those in small communities ", are concerned by this lack of bonuses.
Regarding the age of retirement, including an age of equilibrium set at 64 in 2027, Christian Grolier explains that this is "bad news". "It's the end of retirement at age 62," says the secretary general of the General Federation of Civil Servants (Force Ouvrière). "Certainly, legally [62 years] will remain the age of openness of rights but we will have a full rate at 64 years," he says. Thierry Babeck shares this feeling of bitterness. "Our claim to us at UNSA RATP is that the same treatment is applied to all employees present in the company.We can say goodbye for now," he denounces.