“Schlage”. This German term that designates a brutal way of being obeyed, according to Le Larousse, was used by Jordan Bardella this Monday on BFMTV-RMC. In the sights of the president of the National Group: the pension reform that Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne will unveil this Tuesday. According to consistent sources, the hypothesis of a postponement of the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 years is “favored” by the Government.
For the president of the National Association, this bill would give rise to “a schlague pension system” that “would be incredibly brutal for millions of people.”
“Retroducing the legal retirement age will mean an additional effort that will weigh on the most modest,” says the MEP.
In the same line as the left
According to him, the executive text would be all the more “unfair” since this reform “is not economically justified.” To say that the “pension system is in danger” is a “lie”, according to Jordan Bardella.
A position on the left line, which also wants to oppose the bill. “There is no economic need for this reform, strictly none”, thus the coordinator of Insubordinate France (LFI) Manuel Bompard hammered into the microphone of Sud Radio this Monday morning.
“The pension system was in surplus in 2021 [et] in 2022. It may have a slight deficit for a few years. And then, by 2040, 2050, it comes back with a surplus,” justified the new coordinator of La France insoumise.
“Corporate Choice”
A war of analysis. The executive, also relying on the report from the Pension Guidance Council, highlights the deficits to come: between 7,500 and 10,000 million in 2027 and then between 12,500 and 20,000 million in 2032.
At the microphone of BFMTV-RMC, Jordan Bardella questions: “Do we agree to dedicate 10,000 million euros to save the pension system?” And to answer calmly: “I say that retirement is not countable as the government says, it is a choice of society.”
Jordan Bardella then takes the initiative to ask a question: “The LRs (Republicans), what are they going to do?” The group of about sixty deputies chaired by Olivier Marleix is the object of all the wishes of the Government. Without it, the relative majority cannot have its text adopted, unless it uses article 49, paragraph 3. The executive has taken many steps to reach an agreement.
LR under pressure
After seeing a time considered a postponement of the age of majority at 65, he must expect an extension to 63 at the end of the five-year period, then to 64, as the LR senators wanted.
The president of the Republicans (LR) Éric Ciotti took a step this weekend. “The budgetary, demographic and economic situation imposes this reform” and “that is why I want to be able to vote for a fair reform that saves our pay-as-you-go pension system”, declared the new head of LR in the columns of the JDD.
Jordan Bardella puts pressure. Pointing out that “it is the Republicans who have the outcome of this pension reform in their hands,” he successively questions:
“Are the LRs going to be sold once again to Emmanuel Macron? […] Are they in the majority or in the opposition? Are they going to be brave or are they going ad vitam aeternam, at the risk of dying, to continue being the government’s crutch?
On the other hand, the executive is also pressing, reminding the right of its historical commitments on the issue. Or how to summarize the dilemma LR faces in this text.
Source: BFM TV
