Barthélemy Philippe, edited by Julien Moreau 06:07, March 03, 2023

The examination of the pension reform began this Thursday, March 2 in the Senate.

In a less tumultuous context than in the National Assembly, the senators hope to be able to vote for the gradual postponement of the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 years old.

The debates on the very controversial pension reform started Thursday in the Senate, in a much more serene atmosphere than in the National Assembly, the government extending its hand to the Republicans while the left denounced the reform “of the united rights”.

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100,000 additional unemployed people aged 60 and over between 2010 and 2022

The senators hope to be able to vote for the gradual postponement of the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 years.

This measure should make it possible to restore the financial balance of the pension system, threatened by a deficit of 13.5 billion euros in 2030. However, raising the legal retirement age risks increasing the expenditure of the unemployment insurance, as demonstrated by a recent study by the National Interprofessional Union for Employment in Industry and Commerce (Unedic). 

Indeed, Unedic has recorded 100,000 additional unemployed people aged 60 and over between 2010 and 2022, in connection with the transition from retirement age 60 to 62.

Pushing back the retirement age therefore increases the number of unemployed seniors.

“We can count between 150,000 and 200,000 people who do not have a job and who are not retired. economist Michael Zemmour.

And more job seekers, unemployment insurance expenses which increase mechanically.

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The central issue of the reform is to improve the employment rate of seniors

The majority deputy Marc Ferracci prefers to insist on the revenue induced by the reform: "We must also take into account the fact that some of the people whose legal age has been increased will be kept in employment. This is the reason why we cannot focus solely on unemployment insurance expenditure since there are also revenues linked to the fact that more seniors will be in employment".

The central issue of the reform is to improve the employment rate of seniors.

If the 100,000 unemployed find a job, it's an extra billion euros in the state coffers.