William Molinié, edited by Juliette Moreau Alvarez
While the executive is working hard on pension reform, a gray area remains on the side of the armies. Will the military, the police or even the gendarmes be partly or all concerned by the reform? On this subject, the government is walking on eggshells, and may fear a demonstration by the unions.
Pension reform has been on everyone’s lips since the government took office. On the side of the armies nevertheless, one wonders: will the soldiers, the police officers and the gendarmes be concerned by this reform? If rumors are rife one way or the other, the final arbitrations must be made by Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne on Tuesday, January 10. For the executive, this is already a very delicate subject.
All housed in the same boat?
Already, the staff of the Ministry of Defense and the Interior are all watching each other very carefully. Touching one or the other of the forces could very quickly have the effect of a snowball of dissatisfied people, hence the many questions. If, for example, the armies were spared by the pension reform, what would happen to the gendarmes, who also have military status?
And by extension the police, who come under the same ministry as their cousins in the constabulary, would therefore expect to be housed in the same boat. However, Gérald Darmanin has already publicly assured that the police and the gendarmes will have to work longer.
In the armies, a two-year postponement would not be without consequences for career management. However, according to our information, this assumption is considered internally as acceptable. Conversely, the police do not hear it with the same ear. The unions have already warned that they will mobilize in numbers and that they will take to the streets, at a time when the government will undoubtedly need them in the event of a demonstration and disturbance of public order.