France: pension reform arouses unease among deputies
The French Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, here at the Europlace International Financial Forum in Paris, in Paris on June 29, 2021. AFP - ERIC PIERMONT
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We must not put off until tomorrow what we can do today.
The Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire rested on the table this Tuesday, June 29, the pension reform, a necessity according to him, and that it would be good to achieve by the presidential election.
An opinion that Emmanuel Macron would share with the track of a reduction in the retirement age to 64 years.
But the subject arouses annoyance and reluctance among the deputies.
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It's pure communication.
»Not convinced, Damien Abad. If the boss of deputies The Republicans is in favor of lowering the retirement age mentioned by Bruno Le Maire, the calendar however displeases him: "
We are not going to make a pension reform six months before the first round of the presidential election. . It has been three years since this reform should have taken place. It's just done to piss off the right. No. No one believes it anymore.
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For the rebellious deputy Éric Coquerel, it is above all a diversionary exercise on the part of the government.
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This government has just taken a slap
in the
face
in the elections
,” he
explains, “
and what is he preparing to do, while the French are in the midst of the Covid epidemic: it is to recover from the tension in the country with the pension reform a few months before 2022. You can see that all this does not make sense.
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A question of principle
But for the deputy La République en Marche Sylvain Maillard, carrying out this reform is above all a question of principle: "
How can we explain to the French that because we would possibly be afraid of discontent, we would not reform a system? which is doomed not to be able to continue.
No, very clearly, this system must be reformed now.
And the perimeter and the temporality, it will be necessary to discuss.
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Because Bruno Le Maire's schedule is not unanimous among the majority.
Emmanuel Macron should decide in the coming weeks.
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