Europe 1 with AFP 5:02 p.m., February 14, 2023

At the National Assembly, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne announced that employees of the long career scheme will not have to contribute more than 43 years old to retire once they have reached the required early retirement age.

In the initial project, some long-career employees had to contribute for 44 years.

Employees of the long career scheme, i.e. those who started working before the age of 21, will not have to contribute more than 43 years old to retire once they have reached the retirement age. anticipated required, announced Tuesday Elisabeth Borne, in a new concession to the right.

“As soon as the early retirement age is reached, the reform does not provide, for long careers, for a contribution period of more than 43 years”, affirmed the Prime Minister during the session of questions to the government, in answer to the deputy Les Républicains Véronique Louwagie.

A government amendment tabled on Tuesday

In the initial project, some long-career employees had to contribute for 44 years, in particular those who started working between the ages of 16 and 18.

This "principle" of contribution for a maximum of 43 years will be included in a government amendment tabled on Tuesday which already extended the long career system to those who started working between the ages of 20 and 21.

This last point had already been the subject of an initial development in response to LR's requests.

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In its reform project, the government promised that "no one will be forced to work for more than 44 years".

From now on, no employee in "long career" will be obliged to contribute more than 43 years old when two other conditions are met: having reached the required early retirement age and "having worked 4 or 5 quarters before a certain age", said Elisabeth Borne.

The head of government also felt that it was "not too late" for the left's "blocking" amendments on the pension reform project to be withdrawn.

"It is not yet too late for the blocking amendments to be withdrawn, allowing a real substantive debate", "a frank but never insulting debate", and "to renounce excesses", declared the Prime Minister, while there are still around 14,000 amendments to be examined by Friday evening on this text.