Government spokesman Gabriel Attal announced on Thursday that Emmanuel Macron would include in his program for the presidential election a gradual postponement of the retirement age to 65.
Gabriel Attal explained that the candidate Emmanuel Macron wanted to put in place a pension reform which will be “a reform of responsibility” but also of “justice”, since it provides for a minimum retirement pension of 1,100 euros “for those who have a full career.”
The candidate also defends in this reform, the end of the special regimes, “for example of the RATP or EDF, as we did for the SNCF for the new entrants”, detailed the spokesman of the government.
A deletion which will be discussed “with the unions”, assures Gabriel Attal, who adds that the President of the National Assembly, Richard Ferrand, “on behalf of the candidate Emmanuel Macron, presents (this) reform project to the CFDT today ‘ today on the occasion of a hearing.
A new pension reform for Emmanuel Macron
Regarding the minimum pension for full careers, Gabriel Attal recalled that the government had “already done it for farmers”, with a minimum pension increased for them to 85% of the Smic then “extended then to spouses and caregivers”.
Defending the principle of this reform, which “is part of the priority reforms”, the government spokesman estimated, “in this presidential election we are going to have a choice for society: do we still want to be able to finance protection for the French and invest for the French? We say yes. Do we think we should do it by raising taxes? We say no. And so we have to work harder”.
“It is also a question of aligning ourselves with most of our neighbors and comparable countries”, further pleaded Gabriel Attal. Currently, in France, the legal retirement age is 62 years.