Paris (AFP)

The opposition continued Monday to demand the resignation of the high commissioner for pension reform Jean-Paul Delevoye, accused of conflicts of interest, while the government persists in putting forward its "honesty" and the correction of his "mistakes".

The "Monsieur pensions" of the government admitted having failed to declare his position as a voluntary administrator in an insurance training institute, Ifpass, and rectified this weekend his declaration of interests by declaring 13 terms, including 11 volunteers, ten more than in the initial version.

Mr. Delevoye also cumulated his governmental function with that, remunerated, of president of Parallaxe, an institute of reflection on education, cumulation declared but not authorized, what he says he learned afterwards.

"Disqualified, discredited, he must leave with his reform", ruled Monday the PCF national secretary, Fabien Roussel, taking offense at Franceinfo that Mr. Delevoye could have accumulated "20,000 euros at a low word per month" while today 'today it "explains to the French that it will be necessary to make efforts to balance a pension system".

"Let him go with his reform," echoed MEP Manon Aubry in a tweet.

At the National Gathering, vice-president Jordan Bardella judged that "the confidence which obstinate to grant him Edouard Philippe is incomprehensible" whereas he "has no other choice than to resign".

At Les Républicains, the deputy and former minister Eric Woerth refused on LCI to "overwhelm him", while noting that "he is no longer present to defend the reform" and that "it is the Prime Minister who leads the dance. "

Aurore Bergé, spokesperson for LREM, assured on Sud Radio that he did not "have the impression" that a resignation "is on the agenda": "it is the government that will decide; that I know is that he recognized an error, that he corrected it, and that he corrected it quickly ".

Same argument brought to France 2 by Elisabeth Borne, Minister of the Ecological Transition, who also denounces "the somewhat thick string of some who would like to weaken it".

His "honesty is not in question in this case," insisted Marc Fesneau (Relations with parliament) on Classic Radio, while Edouard Philippe had judged on Saturday his "total good faith".

Union side, the secretary general of the CFDT, Laurent Berger, said on Franceinfo "stunned" by the revelations which "obviously harmed (sen) t in part to this credibility" even though "the consultation with him was loyal ".

But beyond the fact that Mr. Delevoye has "forgotten" to declare certain activities, it is the fact that these "remunerations combine and cumulate" that Laurent Berger found "shocking".

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