An approach that was intended to be educational as Emmanuel Macron wishes, but which failed. The Twitter account of the representatives of the Renaissance group released a series of visuals on Thursday (part of which have been corrected) to defend the pension reform. But elected leftists have seized on it, pointing to examples that hardly convince them.
First case presented by the presidential majority: the case of Hélène. This lady, born in 1961, can currently retire from the age of 62. By 2030, if the reform is adopted, the retirement age will be 64 years. The lady cited in the example is part of the first generation affected by the reform. She will eventually have to work 62 years and 3 months.
“And they are proud” for 2 more years and 75 euros
Thanks to the reform, he will receive a gross pension of 1,193 euros compared to 1,118 gross euros before, an increase of 75 gross euros. Once the social security contributions have been paid, this will mean approximately 60 euros net. The increase will be similar for workers born after 1968 who will have to work two more years.
How angry Fabien Roussel, the head of the Communist Party.
“And they are proud to announce that Hélène will work 2 more years (…) to receive 75 more euros,” tweeted the deputy from the North, denouncing “a morbid reform.”
“Where are the minimum 1,200 euros?”
The same story on the side of the rebel deputy from Haute-Garonne Hadrien Clouet. “Well, where are the minimum 1,200 euros?” Asked the economist on the social network.
Although current and future retirees with all their life annuities should benefit from a minimum pension of 1,200 euros, in accordance with a campaign promise by Emmanuel Macron, social security contributions will have to be deducted from this sum. Olivier Véran, the government spokesman mentioned “in practice around 1170 euros net” during his press conference on Wednesday.
“Thanks to the geniuses of the Renaissance group”
Another example given by the Renaissance deputies: the case of Myriam, cashier. With a career start at the age of 19 and a year off for parental leave, the cashier will leave at the age of 62 with the current pension system. With her reform, nothing changes for her, even though she now falls into the apparatus of long races.
Problem: If her job is hard because of the heavy loads at her cash register that she must regularly lift to scan them, Myriam no longer falls within the hardship criteria that the government wants to impose.
Enough to push Aurélie Trouvé, rebel deputy and economist to ironically “thank” the “geniuses” of the Renaissance group, stressing that this cashier will leave “at the same age before or after the reform”.
Renaissance defends “concrete examples of the impact of the reform”
However, the professional branches must identify the trades in which heavy loads must be carried out and finance prevention and recycling actions thanks to an “investment fund in the prevention of professional burnout”.
Some images also contain surprising cases, as shown by the example of Delphine, born in 1975, who contributed “5 semesters before 16”. Therefore, this employee would have worked at the age of 13, an age that requires administrative authorization from the parents before the labor inspectorate and that refers to certain very specific trades, such as modeling or even the cinema.
Along with BFMTV.com, the Renaissance group evokes a “typo” and corrected this visual on Friday. He assures that he wanted to present “concrete examples of the impact of the reform.”
Emmanuel Macron urged the presidential majority on Thursday to “not be techno but pedagogues.” Élisabeth Borne, for her part, assured that she wanted to “continue working to convince” the French.
Source: BFM TV
