Suspend, freeze or pause? François Bayrou was very much expected on the explosive subject of pensions. While the left still asks back to the controversial reform that will come into force in 2023, the Prime Minister, speaking during his general policy speech, indicated that he chose to “ bring back this subject to work with social partners with a new and radical method “.
” The emergency »he affirmed, it is “reply to the pensions “. The tenant of Matignon announced that he will meet the social partners on Friday. There is no no taboos, not even the starting age “, he underlined before adding: “ I hope that an agreement will be found otherwise the current reform will continue to apply “.
A three-month renegotiation
In this perspective, the Prime Minister announced the launch of a “flash mission” of several weeks, entrusted to the Court of Accounts. The goal: establish an observation based on “indisputable figures”. A shooting window will open “to fall”added the head of government that intends to create a “permanent delegation” with social partners, identified journeys deserve “everything to discover” said François Bayrou.
Earlier, the tenant of Matignon had announced that he will not be there “neither suspension nor abrogation” of the pension reform, but a renegotiation for about three months, before a new change of the age group for retirement, according to several participants in a meeting in the morning
“The deadline to get a change (of age group) was September, so the social partners must have finished their work before then”either “before summer” to do “effective” his conclusions, and in this case “The suspension is no longer necessary”detailed one of them.
