A gesture of appeasement for the CFDT or a communication strategy intended to save time? By announcing, on Tuesday, January 7, the organization of a "funding conference" of the future pension system by points, proposed Sunday by the CFDT, and the holding of a meeting in Matignon, Friday, to decide on its content, Édouard Philippe reaches out to his secretary general, Laurent Berger.

"The idea is good, but we must agree on the mandate of this funding conference, on the time that will be given to it to reach or reach consensus solutions," said the Prime Minister, expressing the hope of 'a "documented, encrypted, serene discussion".

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The Prime Minister however took care not to mention the pivotal age, "red cloth" of Laurent Berger. The latter thus welcomed "the will of openness" of the government on the question of the financing of the future pension system, but requests "that the pivotal age [be] removed from the current bill".

"The scarecrow of the pivotal age must be removed"

"If the objective of this funding conference is to recycle the pivotal age, the answer is no," said number one of the CFDT, with reference, in particular, to the proposal of the President of the Assembly. national Richard Ferrand of a "temporary" discount, and no longer definitive, for people who leave before the pivotal age.

"What we are asking is that we take the time to think about the financing of the pension system, the timing of the balance sought and that we look at all the possibilities on the table, but that we do not not part of a desire for short-term equilibrium which consists of working longer, "he added.

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"The scarecrow of the pivotal age must be removed," insisted Laurent Escure, the secretary general of Unsa, the other union favorable to the transition to a universal point pension system. "I hope that the first signs of flexibility will be confirmed and that we can work quietly on Friday," he told reporters, leaving the government "three days" to decide on a "final response".

With AFP and Reuters

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