William Molinié, edited by Gauthier Delomez 8:05 p.m., January 16, 2023

Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin presented his wishes to the police on Monday, in the midst of pension reform.

Faced with the concerns of the profession, and the mobilization of certain police officers in the ranks of the national demonstration on January 19, the minister defended the government's project.

Gérald Darmanin in seduction mode in front of the police.

The Minister of the Interior received the Unsa and Alliance unions in Paris to present the traditional greetings for the start of the year.

Wishes that fall this year in the midst of pension reform, presented last week by Elisabeth Borne and that the police reject.

Some will parade in civilian clothes on Thursday, January 19 to defend their achievements, while their colleagues will supervise them.

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Retirement is actually the main subject of tension between the police and Place Beauvau.

"I tell you very directly and very solemnly: the police will mobilize massively if we do not open a cycle of discussions with you", affirms to the minister the secretary general of the Unsa police, Olivier Varlet, to the applause of colleagues.

Arbitration "in favor of the Ministry of the Interior"

Concretely, the police are opposed to the two-year decline in the retirement age, which thus goes from 52 to 54 years.

However, Gérald Darmanin defends the reform before the profession.

"The President of the Republic and the Prime Minister have nevertheless arbitrated in favor of the Ministry of the Interior", he underlines.

According to him, "there are extremely few police officers who leave at 52. On average, you leave roughly between 56 and 57 years old. And so, when we make the eligibility age of 52 to 54 years old, it doesn't change anything for the vast majority of you", demonstrates Gérald Darmanin.

"It's not true to say that it makes the police work two more years."

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Beyond the starting age, the acceleration of the Touraine reform of 2014 is another stumbling block.

Police officers will gradually have to contribute longer to obtain a full pension.

The Minister of the Interior promised during his wishes to receive the unions in the coming days to study possible financial compensation.