The president of the Confederation of SMEs (CPME), François Asselin, welcomed a “balanced” pension reform project on Tuesday, after an interview with Elisabeth Borne.
“This reform project is a balanced project” from the moment that, in parallel with the increase in the retirement age, “we take into account long careers, we take into account professions that are more physically exposed than others”, said the employer’s representative when he left Matignon.
“From the moment you have a job that is not physically exposed like mine, where I will have spent my entire career in an office or in my car, leaving at 65 seems completely honest to me,” François Asselin told BFMTV’s microphone. this Tuesday.
“In 1983 retirement was at 65 years. It has risen to 60 and since 1983 we have gained eight years of life expectancy,” he explained. “On the other hand, when you started before you were 18 years old, it is quite normal that you can leave before,” added the president of the Confederation of SMEs.
Guaranteeing “intergenerational solidarity”
The President of the Government consults the social partners on Tuesday and Wednesday, before presenting the reform project next Tuesday.
“By having a minimum contribution of around 85% of the minimum wage, we are in favor, especially if we can ensure that the self-employed, and therefore many employers, are also affected by these measures,” said François Asselin.
“The CPME, as I speak to you, is rather favorable to the project carried out by the government” and “we have the responsibility, our generation, to carry out this reform as planned” to guarantee “intergenerational solidarity”, said the president of the CPME again.
The unions, for their part, are all opposed to raising the retirement age to 64 or 65 years.
Source: BFM TV
