Romain Rouillard 10:37 p.m., January 10, 2023

At the microphone of Europe 1 this Tuesday evening, Linda, a 57-year-old cleaning lady, gave her feelings after the presentation by Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne of the pension reform.

She explained why, in her view, the extension of the contribution period is unequal.

The pension reform, presented this Tuesday by Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, does not suit Linda.

This 57-year-old cleaner takes a dim view of the extension of the contribution period, the process of which, initiated by the Touraine law in 2014, will be accelerated.

The transition to 43 years of contribution is now planned from 2027 and not 2035. "I started working at 16. With the new reform, I have to go up to 60. contribute 44 years knowing moreover that, us, our supplementary pension is amputated by 10% for two years”, she plagues.

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"I find that it's always the same ones that we type," she continues.

"I really want to make an effort and say to myself 'I can work another six months or something like that'. But why is it always up to the same people to make an effort?"

According to her, this provision is unequal.

"I would like to understand why people in my situation will contribute 44, 45, 46 years for people who will contribute 40 or 41 years," she insisted on the program Europe Soir.

And to point the finger at what she considers an injustice.

"We have a motto called Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. But I'm sorry, equality at work, we don't have it," she judges. 

Linda thinks of protesting for the first time in her life

During her presentation of the reform, Elisabeth Borne promised that a special system for long careers “will be adapted so that no one who started working early is forced to work over 44 years old”.

In its press kit, the government specified, however, that these people could retire from the age of 58, "subject to having contributed the required insurance period plus one year, and no longer two years like today". 

What push Linda to join the protest movements that are beginning to organize.

The unions have already planned a day of mobilization on January 19.

For this cleaning lady, it will be a first.

"I've never demonstrated in my life. But I think this time I'm going to go," she says in conclusion.