The government is working to defend its pension reform, after a day of mobilization considered successful at the end of last week. The opposition is against retirement at 64 years. Olivier Véran, Mathilde Panot and Jordan Bardella faced each other this Tuesday night on BFMTV.
• Véran does not “consider that women will be penalized”
The Minister for Relations with Parliament, Franck Riester, argued on Monday night that women would be “a little penalized” by the postponement of the legal age, which will increase to 64 years in 2030. To defend the reform, Elisabeth Borne denounced during questions to the government “a false trial”.
“I don’t think that women are penalized” by lowering the starting age, Olivier Véran, the government spokesman, said Tuesday night on BFMTV.
• Véran questions the comparison between the pension reform and the Swedish system
Some days ago, the man who carried out the Swedish reform that pushed back the fundamental retirement age At 65, he advised Emmanuel Macron “not to copy this model”. In Sweden, according to a study of the pension fund72% of retired men and 92% of retired women experienced a decrease in their purchasing power and pension.
“Between Sweden and France, it’s two worlds in terms of retirement. It has absolutely nothing to do with it,” the government spokesman said, citing “a points system” and a “large part of capitalization” among our neighbors.
• Panot wants to go “search the right pockets” for money for pensions
The president of the LFI group in the National Assembly and the government spokesman spoke about the financing of retirement pensions in France. “I consider that a 12 billion deficit per year is irresponsible, you consider that it is not a problem, but money is not magic”, declared Olivier Véran.
“Money is not magic, you have to find it in the right pockets,” replied Mathilde Panot.
• Bardella calls to “boost the birth rate”
The president of the National Group asks to “reactivate and support the birth rate” in France to increase the number of contributors compared to the number of retirees.
“France has never been so populated and has never had so few babies. The babies of 2023 are the taxpayers of 2043,” Jordan Bardella declared on our antenna.
With 723,000 registered births in 2022, the birth rate in France has never been lower since 1946.
• Panot will “hinder” the reform with “thousands of amendments”
Mathilde Panot and the deputies of her group will “hinder” the pension reform that will be discussed for ten days in the National Assembly.
“We intend to present thousands of amendments and I announce that we will withdraw them and file them to be able to discuss,” said the elected representative of Val-de-Marne.
Source: BFM TV
