PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron confirmed his objective of implementing the controversial pension reform in France “from the summer of 2023”, saying in a multi-title interview with the regional press broadcast on Friday that he would acted as “work essential to the financing of our transformations”.
The Head of State has also announced his intention to bring together a “National Council for Refoundation” after the legislative elections scheduled for this month, in order to “bring France together” around the priorities he set up during the campaign. presidential.
Asked about the “new method” promised for his second term, Emmanuel Macron underlined having “carried five objectives during the campaign” – independence (industrial, military, food …), full employment, carbon neutrality, public services for equal opportunities and democratic renaissance.
“To achieve them, I want to bring together a National Council for Refoundation, with the political, economic, social, associative forces, elected representatives of the territories and citizens drawn by lot”, he continued.
“This council, which I will launch myself, will be launched immediately after the legislative elections. I hope that the Prime Minister and her government can bring it to life (…) This will be the body in which we will bring our reforms to life.”
Giving priority to purchasing power, Emmanuel Macron indicated that “from this summer”, “the purchasing power law and a text of simplification and urgency for energy projects” will be voted.
“Then we will begin the major projects: production, ecology, public services,” he added. “As for the work on the pension reform, which is essential to the financing of our transformations, it will begin after this council and the reform will come into force from the summer of 2023.”
(Written by Sophie Louet and Jean Terzian, edited by Tangi Salaün)