- Thursday, January 8, Jean-Michel Blanquer discussed the pension reform on the set of the show "You have the word", alongside Laurent Pietraszewski, the Secretary of State for Pensions.
- The performance of the Minister of Education was judged convincing by 34% of viewers.
- However, he put forward some false or slightly embellished data.
Jean-Michel Blanquer, guest of the show “Vous Vous la parole” on France 2, Thursday January 9, alongside Laurent Pietraszewski, Secretary of State for Pensions, discussed the pension reform at length, while the mobilization against him was on his 36th day of mobilization.
If the Minister of Education generally spoke of reliable figures and statistics, and was convincing with 34% of viewers according to an Ipsos survey, he also put forward some inaccurate or imprecise data.
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What J an-Michel Blanquer said (at 0.25'46 on the replay) : “Each year, [France] devotes 14% of [its GDP] to paying pensions. This 14% figure will remain the same. It is the world record: there is not a country which devotes as many means to its pensions in the world. "
Why it's wrong: According to data compiled by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), France is the third country to spend the most on pensions among OECD members, behind the Italy and Greece.
According to Eurostat, among the members of the European Union, France shared third place with Italy a few years ago: "In 2016, public administration expenditure linked to the" old age "group, as a percentage of GDP, were highest in Greece (16.0%), Finland (13.7%), France and Italy (13.5% each) and Austria (13.0%). "
An error noted live on the Twitter account of "You have the floor", last night, then relayed on the set directly to Jean-Michel Blanquer by Léa Salamé (at 1'15'25 from the replay), the Minister having reaffirmed that 'it was based on statistics as a' percentage of GDP ', which is indeed the case for Eurostat and OECD data.
What Jean-Michel Blanquer said (at 1'10'30 on the replay): "Today, we are the country that is retiring as soon as possible, we succeed with our system to maintain the legal age at 62 ”
Why this is not entirely true : Compared to its neighbors, France is one of the countries that “retire” as soon as possible, most of the members of the European Union having reached retirement age. retirement age fixed at 65, as recalled by the comparative list drawn up by the Center for European and International Social Security Links (Cleiss).
However, it is not really "the" benchmark country on this point since this age is also 62 in Norway and it drops to 61 in Sweden, with a so-called "flexible" pension system, aimed at encouraging later departures, as explained by the Cleiss: "It allows you to retire from the age of 61 (Sweden) or 62 (Norway), provided that you meet the working conditions, but the amount of the pension will be less important than in case of later departure. "
Finally, if the retirement age is set at 65 in Luxembourg, people who can prove a contribution of 40 years can take it early from 60 years.
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