The Government intends to “go beyond 1,100 euros” of “minimum retirement for a full career”, Emmanuel Macron’s campaign promise, to bring it to “around 85% of the net minimum wage”, declared the Minister of Labor, Olivier Dussopt, in an interview with echoes Monday night. “Given inflation and the revaluation of the Smic, we intend to go beyond 1,100 euros, (…) around 85% of the net Smic”, or 1,130 euros today, said the minister.
It is about creating “a sufficient gap between the minimum old age (today 953 euros for a single person) and the minimum pension, to value the work”, continued the minister, according to which this “will allow approximately 25% of the new retirees , and more often women, to have a higher pension”.
grandfather clause
À la veille de l’ouverture du deuxième cycle de concertation sur la réforme des retraites, Olivier Dussopt détaille par ailleurs les régimes spéciaux qui seront concernés par la réforme, citing “ceux des industries électriques et gazières, de la RATP voire celui de la Banque of France”. For these schemes, the Government “favors the grandfather clause, following the SNCF model, which closed access to the special regime to new agents.”
He has no doubts that “the question of the regime of the National Assembly and the Senate will be addressed within the framework of the parliamentary exit”, but it excludes certain regimes, such as that of the sailors or the dancers of the Paris Opera and the French comedy .
Asked about the possible change in the age from which you can go to progressive retirement (60 years), the Minister points out that “when we change the age of opening of rights, it is logical that the levels move accordingly.” This logic could apply in particular to the long-career scheme, which allows you to retire early when you start work early. [avant 20 ans, ndlr].
However, the minister sees two exceptions: the Government does not want to “move the age of suppression of the discount, which is 67 years”, nor “modify the age limits that allow full retirement for disabled or disabled insured persons to 62 years and for disabled workers at age 55.
Promotion of the employment of the elderly
Asked about the direction of the savings made, Olivier Dussopt replied that “not one euro of pension contributions will finance anything other than pensions.” But by promoting employment for the elderly, the reform could also generate more tax and social revenue for the other branches of Social Security, he points out.
Source: BFM TV
