Europe 1 with AFP 7:13 p.m., December 2, 2022

Olivier Dussopt, the Minister of Labour, reminded all of his government colleagues of the ins and outs of the pension reform this Friday.

The final version of this project which intends to "balance" and "improve" the system must be presented around December 15th.

The pension reform, which will be "presented around December 15", will aim to "ensure the financial balance" of the system but also to "improve it" with "new rights", said Friday the Minister of Work, Olivier Dussopt.

The government is closing ranks.

Gathered in Matignon around Elisabeth Borne to "take stock of the pension reform", the ministers listened to their colleague Dussopt recall the ins and outs.

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"This reform has a double objective", he summarized during a press briefing, the first being "to ensure the balance" of a "structurally deficit" system, which should plunge into the red again. next year and post up to 15 billion euros in losses in 2030 if nothing is done to remedy it.

Limited options for the executive

A degradation which integrates the hypothesis of an unemployment rate reduced "sustainably" to 4.5%, proof that "full employment alone is unfortunately not enough to balance" the accounts, underlined the Minister of Labor.

The other stated objective is "to improve the system", he added, referring in particular to "the level of small pensions", the "prevention of professional wear and tear" and the consideration of "long careers". .

Which means "funding new rights" for "employees and future retirees".

But the options are limited for the executive, who wants to "protect the pensions of current retirees", and does not want "to increase contributions" or the debt, he recalled.

The track put forward by Emmanuel Macron of a "gradual raising of the starting age", to 64 or even 65 years old against 62 currently, remains privileged but "we are ready to look at other scenarios", indicated Olivier Dussopt, assuring that "the reform is not tied up, it is not stopped".

However, it will be “presented around December 15”, with a view to “examination during the winter and implementation from the beginning of summer 2023 for the first measures”.

In the meantime, all the unions will meet on Monday at the headquarters of the FSU to consult on their response and a possible date of mobilization against this project to which they are unanimously opposed.