Pension reform, “a guarantee of prosperity and full employment” for Bruno Le Maire

Pension reform is on everyone’s mind. While the government is still thinking about the best method to choose to have it adopted, the oppositions and the unions showed their disagreement this Thursday, by parading in the streets of the big cities of France. Asked about the relevance of raising the retirement age, the Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire assures him: “The pension reform is the looter of the model for financing our social protection”.

A reform “validated by our compatriots”

“The pension reform has already been introduced by the President of the Republic in his campaign, and it has been validated by our compatriots by choosing Emmanuel Macron for a second term”, he explains on Europe 1, while new consultations with the social partners and the oppositions were announced by Elisabeth Borne.

However, the Minister of the Economy assures him: “The project of the President of the Republic is a retirement in 2031 at age 65”, but “with nevertheless a very important point which must reassure the French: an appointment clause in 2027 to take stock. On this date, we will already be very close to a starting age of 64 years “.

A pension at 1,100 euros per month minimum

Very unpopular among the French – 78% of them do not want to see the retirement age reduced to 65 according to an ifop / Sud radio poll of September 29 – pension reform is nevertheless essential for Bruno The Mayor: “It’s a fair reform and we must not forget the counterpart of working longer: the guarantee of a minimum of 1,100 euros per month for everyone”.

The Minister of Economy and Finance also believes that this reform will bring “an additional point of GDP in 2027, 20 billion euros in additional revenue and 240,000 additional jobs for France.” A positive assessment according to him which allows him to ensure that the pension reform “is a guarantee of prosperity and full employment in France”.