The hypothesis of a pension reform in the next Social Security budget “is not completely settled,” said Olivier Dussopt on Tuesday, who considered “it is normal for the Government to keep all the possibilities.”
Despite the unanimous opposition of the unions, with whom he met this Monday, the Minister of Labor confirmed on RTL that the path of a reform by modifying the Social Security budget “is part of the scenarios” planned by the Executive . Affirming that he wants to “avoid what is called a passage in force”, he nevertheless recalled that “if we are blocked, if we are in a dead end, if there is no will to support, we have tools in the Constitution”.
Loss of “more than 12,000 million” euros in 2027
However, the goal remains to “balance the system” of retirement, threatened by the return of deficits according to Olivier Dussopt, who mentioned a loss of “more than 12 billion” euros in 2027 and “twenty billion” in 2030 .
To remedy this, the idea of a lowering of the legal exit age or an extension of the duration of contributions holds the rope. “We could mix the two measures,” the minister suggested, referring to “possible counterparts” on “the minimum pension level and the issue of hardship.”
It is up to the unions “to say what they want as improvements”, but “also how it is financed”, he stressed, repeating that this “happens for more work, on a society scale (and) on a lifetime scale”.
Source: BFM TV
