Now a candidate for the presidential election, for a second five-year term, Emmanuel Macron wants to delay the retirement age to 65, as confirmed by Gabriel Attal following an indiscretion from Les Echos. Update on what has been announced.
64 years would be a bit short. According to concordant sources familiar with the matter, Emmanuel Macron is now considering extending his retirement to 65 if he is re-elected President of the Republic next month: this indiscretion of the Echoes was published Wednesday evening, and was not long in being confirmed. From the next morning by the government spokesman Gabriel Attal, to RTL.
A minimum pension of 1100 euros
The candidate Emmanuel Macron will therefore propose in his program a Gradual extension of the retirement age to 65a minimum pension of 1,100 euros for full careers, and the abolition of the main special schemes, explained Gabriel Attal on Thursday.
Following this announcement, several members of the current majority made the outlines of this proposal clear. Prime Minister Jean Castex thus underlined that leaving at the age of 62 would remain possible for long, intense and exhausting careers, reports RTL.
In addition, the deferral of the legal age of departure will take place over ten years, that is to say four more months per year, to turn 65 in 2032said Thursday Richard Ferrand, the President of the National Assembly, on France Info.
3-year increase in the legal starting age
It will also be a reform of justice, with a minimum pension of 1100 euros for those who have a full career, and the abolition of special schemes, for example of the RATP or EDF, as we did for the SNCF for new incoming, developed Gabriel Attal, promising a discussion with the unions.
Laurent Berger, secretary general of the CFDT, denounced again yesterday on RTL a vague and brutal proposal. He confirmed that his union will fight this extension of working hours: It’s not nothing: a 3-year increase in the legal age!