New attack on the issue of long careers in pension reform. Elisabeth Borne announced to the JDD that people who started working between the ages of 20 and 21 will be able to retire at 63, not at 64. The President of the Government thus responds favorably to the request of the LR deputies who have been pleading for several days to prevent ” those who started working earlier (must) contribute more time”, according to the party’s president, Éric Ciotti.
Xavier Bertrand and two LR deputies, however, judged on BFMTV the government’s step as “insufficient”. Soon after, it was Laurent Berger’s turn to react. Regarding France Inter, the general secretary of the CFDT declared that the proposal of the President of the Government was a simple “patch” and “does not respond to the concern of millions of workers”.
“The fairest criterion”
“The basic problem of this reform is the postponement of the age of majority to 64 years, which accentuates the inequalities inherent in the world of work”, for “women, people who started working before their time, jobs grueling, shortened careers or farewells”. Her work “a few years from her retirement,” she stressed.
Laurent Berger calls for “putting work back into the workplace by returning to the idea of the contribution period” which is, according to him, “the fairest criterion”. He recalls that “the CFDT wanted a pension reform.” The general secretary of the CFDT calls on his union to demand a universal system, “to reduce inequalities”, “for a good behavior of the balances” and to avoid “a national tragedy every ten years”.
Not be “in a fight against the government”
Meanwhile, new days of strikes and demonstrations are planned for this week. For Laurent Berger, it is possible to “amplify the movement” but, for this reason, “he does not call to block the country (…) because opinion must be maintained.”
Laurent Berger recalled that the yellow vests had marched a maximum of 284,000 in 2017 and 2018 according to police figures, and that the protesters on January 31 were 1.27 million, still according to the police, “for being non-violent and peaceful”. “. “What are the prospects for a democratic country when we act as if 1.27 million people do not exist and have (on the other hand) responded to actions that are sometimes very violent?”
The CFDT number one said he was not “in a fight against the government”, nor “anti-Macron”. “I have nothing to do with that, what interests me is the specific situation of the workers who have been badly hit by this reform.”
The trade unionist said he had “very constructive exchanges with members of the majority.” “Of course, it will be them who decide. They have to look in all the cities and districts where they are elected. When, for example, you are deputy for Ain and there are 10,000 protesters in Bourg-in-Bresse, should that leave you totally indifferent?” , asked.
Source: BFM TV
