French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne announced to the Journal du Dimanche (JDD) that people who started working between the ages of 20 and 21 will be able to retire at 63, not 64, thus responding favorably to the request of LR deputies .
On the highly contested pension reform, “␣we are going to move by extending this long-career scheme to those who started working between 20 and 21 years old. leave at 63␣”, declared the Head of Government. “␣We hear␣” the request of the right-wing elected officials, she added, before the kick-off on Monday of the debates before the National Assembly.¶
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The voices of the Republicans are essential to pass this reform. They have raised the stakes and have been pleading for several days to prevent ·«␣those who started working the earliest (must) contribute the longest␣”, according to party president Éric Ciotti. A green light for their proposal on long careers “␣will make it possible to win a very large majority in the LR group␣”, he assured theParisian.¶
“␣It is a measure which will cost between 600 million and one billion euros per year, and which will concern up to 30␣000 people per year␣”, underlines Élisabeth Borne. And “␣as we are carrying out this reform to ensure the balance of the system by 2030, we will have to find ways of financing␣”.¶
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At another request from the LRs, also brought by the MoDem group, the Prime Minister did not “␣no objection␣”␣: it would be a question of doing “␣a mid-term progress report on the reform␣”, in 2027. That year, “␣there is a presidential election and legislative elections␣”, what “␣is already a form of review clause␣”, she notes.¶
While two new days of mobilization are planned for February 7 and 11, Ms. Borne says she understands that the reform is pushing back the age of starting legal from 62 to 64 «␣provokes reactions,reluctanceand concerns·».·«␣But our objective is to secure the future of our pay-as-you-go pension system␣“, she hammers, saying “␣regret(s) that some people, especially on the left, maintain misunderstandings␣”.¶
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(With AFP)