BFMTV survey. Pensions: the French refuse to leave later and are “favorable to the richest taxes”

The French no longer believe in their pension system. It is the teaching of a survey conducted by Elabe for BFMTV*, while the conclave on pensions, marked by deep divisions among social partners, must end this Tuesday, June 17.

According to this study, the French make a very severe judgment on the current retirement system. But if they share an observation about failures, they oppose the Government on the solutions that will be provided.

Therefore, seven out of ten French people judge that the system is not financially solid, 69% who do not know how to adapt to demographic developments, 65% that is unfair and 61% believe too difficult to understand.

In the end, more than 6 French (not retired) in 10 (63%) do not trust the current system to guarantee a pension once they retire.

This distrust is “majority in all categories of the population, at homogeneous levels between socio -professional categories (56% of executives, 63% of intermediate professions, 62% of employees/workers), and is particularly high among women (70% doubt that the system guarantees them a pension, against 55% in men),” Elabe says.

A feeling that (almost) exceeds splits

This feeling is also dominant regardless of the political affiliation of the 1,000 respondents. Only general voters express their confidence mainly when 59% of PBN relatives and 71% of RN voters doubt that they will pay a pension.

No political figure seems to emerge to restore confidence to the French. Jordan Bardella (33%of respondents trust him), Marine Le Pen (32%), Edouard Philippe (30%), however, constitute a superior trio.

Only 13% of the French trust Catherine Vautrin, the Minister of Labor, 17% for François Bayrou and 21% for Emmanuel Macron.

The personalities of the left proven even suffer from minority confidence in their camp: Fabien Roussel (only 39%of VFP Seguros voters), Jean-Luc Mélenchon (39%), Marino Tondelier (37%) and Olivier Faure (32%).

Six out of ten French opposites to a postponement of the exit era

Among the reform tracks, the French are mainly inclined to the “richest taxes” (67% of favorable opinions) and the introduction of a capitalization dose (62%). Keep in mind that capitalization, a little more pleated (+ 2 points) than during a previous survey conducted in March, especially the favors of executives and retirees.

However, respondents clearly reject the roads for the recovery of the legal age or the increase in the number of years of the necessary contributions. Only 44% are favorable, even if part of the French (27%) would be ready for an extension if the system was reformed to take into account the arduity of operations or specificities found by women.

Another teaching: measures directly related to current retirees are particularly rejected.

The French finally say they mainly ignore the amount of the pension they will play and the age at which they could affirm that they will leave with a retirement of complete rates.