Concessions, yes, but not to the point of backtracking. While the formation of a coalition in the National Assembly is not yet in sight, representatives of the presidential camp seem ready to make a gesture of openness on an issue as symbolic as it is divisive: the pension reform, enacted on April 14, 2023, which delayed the legal retirement age to 64 years and increased the contribution period for a full pension for certain generations.
The text can be improved, François Bayrou reaffirmed on Sunday 1Ahem September, at LCI. The president of the MoDem, close to the head of state, is thus expanding his stance, in the hope of contributing to a rapprochement with the political forces opposed to Emmanuel Macron. But this apparent desire for co-construction is subject to strict conditions.
Among the supporters of the tenant of the Elysée, Mr. Bayrou is one of those who most ardently advocate a rewrite of the law by April 2023. Indeed, the centrist leader is convinced that “best settings” must be found. If such adjustments were proposed “To the French with sufficient spirit of conviction and justice, (…) “the opinion would change”He assured and added: “And if public opinion moves, parliamentarians will do so too.” An allusion to the fact that the pension reform has aroused the hostility of a large part of the population, in 2023. Today, within the National Assembly resulting from the legislative elections of June 30 and July 7, a majority of deputies are demanding the repeal of the extension of the legal age, starting with those of the New Popular Front (NFP) and the National Rally.
“Rebalancing strategy”
The situation can change, according to the MoDem president, but not at any price. It is impossible to change the 64-year rule, he said in essence at LCI. “We cannot not have a pension rebalancing strategy”he said, referring to one of the main objectives of the reform: a deficit in our distribution system reduced to zero by 2030.
Several members of the Ensemble pour la République group, which brings together the Renaissance deputies at the Palais Bourbon, deliver an identical speech. If the law of 14 April 2023 is amended, these arrangements “must be carried out in compliance with the budgetary trajectory initially planned”Marc Ferracci underlines. The MP (Renaissance) for French people living abroad declares that the abolition of the two age measures included in the text (shifting the legal age and increasing the contribution period over several generations) “It would cost 14 billion euros a year, at cruising speed” : “It is not reasonable to consider it”consider.
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