"Is pension reform to be thrown away?" No. It would be a mistake. ” Emmanuel Macron announced this Thursday in an interview with regional dailies that he wanted to put the pension reform, but "transformed" reform back in the works, and asked for the resumption of negotiations with the social partners this summer.
He also suggested that he was in favor of extending the duration of contributions, a parameter that has so far been ruled out.
"This reform cannot be resumed unchanged at the end of the crisis, but the question of the number of years during which we contribute remains open," he said. "We cannot be a country that wants independence, social, economic and environmental recovery and be one of the countries where we work the least throughout life in Europe".
"The second line" would win at a point system
On the other hand, when asked whether or not to maintain the pivotal age at 64, dear to his Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, he only replied: "I am open to (reform) being transformed". He also reaffirmed that "the second line, the delivery men, the cashiers" is "France losing from the current pension system" who would gain from a universal points system.
But the second subject, he continued, will be that of "financial balances". "I will ask the government to quickly re-engage in-depth consultation, in a dialogue of responsibility associating the social partners from the summer on this aspect of financial balances," he said. "All of this must be put on the table" but "there will be no abandonment of a pension reform", he insisted.
We must "prepare" for a "very hard" economic return
On all of his reforms, Emmanuel Macron also acknowledged that he had "(s) apart from awkwardness. I sometimes considered that it was necessary to go quickly on certain reforms ”.
During this interview, the Head of State announced his priorities for the next stage of his five-year term: health, old age, and the young. He also called for "preparing" for a "very hard" economic return. Asked about the future of Edouard Philippe at the head of the government, he hailed "a unique relationship of trust" with his Prime Minister, without indicating whether he maintains him as at his post in the coming days. "For three years with me, he has been doing remarkable work with successive governments," he said.
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