In a thread of five tweets, the head of government considers that "to preserve (the) pay-as-you-go system, this reform requires efforts from the French who can. But it also includes many advances."
It cites among the latter "an increase in pensions of more than 600 euros per year on average" for "1.8 million pensioners, including 1 million women".
It also argues that by "improving the system of long careers and the taking into account of professional wear and tear, 4 out of 10 workers will leave before the legal age" raised from 62 to 64 years, and that the government invests by this reform "1 billion euros in the prevention of occupational wear and tear".
In a statement published just after these tweets from the Prime Minister, the government assured that "with this reform, our pension system will be balanced in 2030".
"The will of the government is now to continue the consultation with the social partners to give more meaning to work, improve working conditions and achieve full employment," said the statement, after President Emmanuel Macron proposed to the unions to receive them at the Elysee Palace on Tuesday.
The government also believes that this decision marks "the end of the institutional and democratic process" of the reform.
"A process that began with cycles of consultations with the social partners in the autumn, then continued with a parliamentary debate in the National Assembly and the Senate, allowing the adoption of a text in the joint committee largely enriched by the initiatives of parliamentarians," the statement said.
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