Élise Denjean, edited by Solène Leroux 06:21, April 12, 2022

This is a fundamental subject for the French and which deeply divides the two finalist candidates: pensions.

Emmanuel Macron proposes to postpone the age of departure when Marine Le Pen wants to leave in place the departure at 62, with the possibility of leaving at 60 for those who started working very young.

Their only real common point: the vagueness that surrounds their proposals.

ANALYSIS

In this period of the second round of the presidential election, there is a subject that is essential: that of pensions.

We saw it just after the announcement of the results: the supporters of the two candidates, and in particular those of Marine Le Pen, insisted a lot on this point.

These are two opposing visions.

On the one hand, Emmanuel Macron wants to gradually push back the legal retirement age to 65, or 64 "if there are too many tensions" as he now says, for French people born from 1969. , when the measure comes into full effect.

On the other, Marine Le Pen wants a departure at 60, no longer for everyone as she initially wanted, but for those who started working before the age of 20 and who have contributed at least 40 annuities.

For the others, the starting age will be staggered up to 62 years.

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Terms still unclear

Emmanuel Macron also promises early departures, especially for long and painful careers, but we do not yet know via which device.

Overall, the two projects have a common framework, but still unclear terms.

For example, how does the outgoing president intend to promote the employment of seniors to enable them to work longer?

For this, his campaign team puts forward a few avenues: lifelong training, civic service for seniors or new rules on combining employment and retirement.

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Inflation-indexed pensions

On the side of Marine Le Pen, a big question arises: how to finance its measure, estimated by its teams at nearly ten billion euros?

His supporters talk about getting money in the fight against fraud, for example.

Immigration or even "the lifestyle of the State" are mentioned. 

The only real point on which the two finalist candidates find themselves: that of pensions indexed to inflation, with a minimum set at 1,100 euros by Emmanuel Macron, against 1,000 euros on the side of Marine Le Pen.