“We ask everyone to make an effort, including women.” A guest on the channel of the Public Senate this Monday night, Franck Riester, the Minister for Relations with Parliament, admitted that the pension reform would not be as “fair” as Elisabeth Borne assured on January 10th.
According to him, the quarters validated per child will not be taken into account for the postponement of the legal age of departure because “they play on the contribution period.” So he will have to work longer.
This statement is in direct contradiction to elements of the language used so far by the government. During her presentation of the bill, the Prime Minister had stated that the reform should reduce the pension gap between men and women, but she had not indicated that women should, on average, work until a later age.
Differences still present
According to the impact study that BFM Business obtained this Monday, yes, women will be more affected than men by the postponement of the retirement age. They will have to work an average of 7 more months compared to just 5 months for men.
In return, their pensions will increase a little more than those of men thanks to this reform. Still according to the impact study, women will see their retirement increase between 1% and 2.2% depending on the generations in question, compared to only 0.2% to 0.9% for men.
In addition, parental leave will now be taken into account, within the limit of 4 quarters, for those who have started working before the age of 20. This is one of the arguments used by the Government to explain that “its reform protects women”. But beware, this will only affect an average of 2,000 women each year.
Source: BFM TV
