Paris (AFP)

The CFDT and Unsa, two of the nine unions of civil servants, who continued meetings with Olivier Dussopt, their secretary of state, this week on the pension reform project, believe that "progress" has been obtained, even if these have not been arbitrated by the government.

"We are committed to looking at the transition periods and have obtained progress," Mylène Jacquot (CFDT) told AFP, ensuring that "the agents currently in the active category", that is to say benefiting from a early retirement due to the arduous nature of their profession, "will continue to benefit from their acquired rights in one way or another".

The government has decided to extend the arduousness criteria that apply to the private sector to public servants with the opening of the arduousness account (C2P) and to abolish the current active categories of public officials, with the exception of " uniformed officers "(police, military, firefighters ...).

The CFDT nevertheless considers it "essential" to obtain the reinstatement of certain arduousness criteria removed in 2017 (chemical risks, carrying heavy loads, painful postures, vibrations) in the bill, which, failing this, risks excluding future schemes 350,000 public officials, she said.

One of the other scenarios retained by the government according to Mrs. Jacquot, is "the Italian clause", a system identical to that used for the SNCF and the RATP and which consists in using the highest end-of-career index , to calculate the rights acquired on the date of implementation of the new system, and to guarantee staff the most advantageous formula for calculating their pension.

"Agents born after 1975 (generations who will be affected by the new points system, Editor's note) and who have their full annuities, will retain their rights. For those who do not have enough annuities, Mr. Dussopt has made a commitment to find solutions so that they are not lost, "she added. "We will verify that these commitments will be followed up and we will recall it if it is forgotten," she promised.

"It is moving forward because our proposals have been heard", also believes Luc Farré (Unsa) who "awaits however the final arbitrations of the government" and is "very careful".

"Experience shows that what was in the Delevoye report is not necessarily in the bill," he said, citing the example of "the age of equilibrium which should not have been automatic and could ultimately being".

In addition to "the Italian clause", in terms of arduousness, Unsa wants "a prorated calculation of the time spent in active service on December 31, 2024 (the new system is planned as of 2025) in order to allow the agents concerned to keep a right to leave earlier ", like the sewers.

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