"It is no longer negotiable, retirement at 64 and the acceleration (of the extension of the contribution period, editor's note) of the Touraine reform", affirmed on franceinfo the Prime Minister.

"This is the compromise that we proposed after having heard the employers' organizations and trade unions, after having exchanged with the various parliamentary groups (...) It is necessary to ensure the balance of the system", she said. assured.

"If we had only one parameter, then it wouldn't be 43 years of contribution and 64 years to be able to retire, it could be 45 years of contribution period, which seems impossible to us to ask to the French", she pleads in this interview carried out on Saturday, on the sidelines of a trip to the Calvados constituency of which she was elected deputy.

The head of government is open, however, to the introduction by the deputies of a review clause for the reform.

Above all, it suggests a possible development of the project with a view to making better use of the “education” and “maternity” trimesters obtained by women during their careers.

"As of today, there are many women who cannot use them to the full, we are analyzing the situation of these women".

She insists again -- "because I have heard a lot of inaccuracies", she says -- on the fact that "this reform protects women, especially those with interrupted careers, by not shifting the age at which you can leave without a discount, regardless of the number of terms".

The controversy arose from an impact study of the reform.

This document shows that the reform will encourage women to extend their careers more than men, while helping to reduce the pension gap between the two sexes.

The reform, underlines Ms. Borne on franceinfo, "protects women who have lower incomes throughout their professional life and who are largely in the majority in those who have the minimum pension, by upgrading this minimum pension. Two-thirds of retirees who will benefit from a revaluation, they are women. And two thirds of the retirees who tomorrow will leave with 100 euros more per month, they are women.

The deputies seized Monday in committee of the highly disputed pension reform project, for a trial run on 7,000 amendments, under the eye of opponents who organized a high point of mobilization in the street on Tuesday.

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