This Monday morning was held a council of ministers largely devoted to the presentation of the pension reform wanted by Emmanuel Macron. And, despite the opposition of the trade union front and the street which demonstrated Thursday, January 19, the government does not give in on the main demands.
Unsurprisingly, the Minister of Labor, Olivier Dussopt, closed the door to a government retreat on the postponement of the legal retirement age to 64, this Monday morning. ” To return to this point would be to renounce the return to equilibrium of the system “said the minister. ” The age measurements we take “, raising the legal age (64 years in 2030) and accelerating the extension of the contribution period (43 years from 2027) ” are those that bring the system back to equilibrium in 2030”argued Olivier Dussopt during the report of the Council of Ministers.
” To return to this point would be to renounce the return to balance and therefore lack responsibility for future generations.he added, while noting “ a disagreement with the trade unions ” on this topic.
Union organizations which, comforted by the success of Thursday’s strikes and demonstrations, have called for a new day of action on January 31. The day of the 19th brought together more than one million people throughout France according to the authorities, more than two million according to the unions.
The text will be presented to parliamentarians next week.
► Read also on the front page of the press review this Monday morning: “On pensions, the government is changing its tone but not its objective”