Pension reform: Elisabeth Borne paves the way for a “springboard” in 2027

Elisabeth Borne has been firm and open about the direction she wants to take with her pension reform. From one part, she affirmed the non-negotiable character of the legal departure to the retraction including the project: “The retraction at 64 years old et l’accélération de la réforme Touraine, c’est le compromis que nous Avons proposed après avoir entendu les organizations employerales et sindicales, après avoir échangé avec les different groupes parlementaires. Et, je vous le dis, c’est nécessaire pour assurer l’equilibre du système”, explain-t-elle ce samedi de France info this morning,

But in the process, he also took a step towards the support that will be needed by the majority to pass this text in Parliament, that is, the Republicans and especially the MoDem. In recent days, MP Philippe Vigier of the Allied Renaissance Party has come out in favor of a “review clause”.

The 2027 presidential election as a “review clause”

“We are proposing a review clause of the reform in 2027-2028,” he told LCI last Sunday, which will allow objective elements to be provided and to see the effectiveness of all the devices.

The next presidential and legislative elections will have a review clause

For the MoDem deputy from Eure-et-Loire, it would be “an act of responsibility” that would mobilize both Parliament, the Government, the social partners and the Court of Auditors in charge of presenting “a report on the positive or negative impacts of reform”.

According to Élisabeth Borne, the transition to the next term will constitute de facto a review clause: “At the end of the term, there is a review clause by nature, which is the presidential election and the legislative elections. If we can introduce the fact that there will be, for example, in transparency, a point of progress on where we are in the return to balance of our system, we can have this debate in Parliament.

On the other hand, the head of government does not want to see in this opening an admission of weakness or doubt about the need for a pension reform. “Every year the Pension Guidance Council produces a report. And we look at the evolution of our pension system every year, he recalled. If the parliamentarians especially want there to be a debate in 2027 on this issue, it will be their choice. Why What not? I’m just saying that our goal is to ensure that by 2030 we have a balanced system.