With the exception of retirees, all socio-demographic and professional categories are largely opposed to the pension reform which was presented on Tuesday by the Prime Minister, reveals an Elabe survey for BFMTV.
The polls follow and look alike. A large majority of French people have indicated for several weeks that they are against the pension reform wanted by Emmanuel Macron. And the presentation of the government project by Elisabeth Borne this Tuesday does not change anything: 59% of French people say they are “opposed” to the pension reform, according to an ELABE poll for BFMTV carried out in the hours following the announcements of the First Minister and his interview with the “20 hours” of France 2.
Almost all socio-demographic and professional categories, in particular workers (76%) and employees (67%) say they are “opposed” to the reform. Only retirees and those over 65 say they are in favor of the project (60%).
This opposition is stronger than that recorded against the pension reform by the Elabe institute in January 2020. At the time, 53% of French people said they were opposed to the text carried by Edouard Philippe.
“Another pension reform is possible”
The pension reform, which therefore provides for a postponement of the legal retirement age to 64 and a gradual increase in the contribution period, also seems “unfair” for 58% of those questioned. An opinion again shared by all categories of the population, with the exception of retirees (38% consider the government’s project “unfair”, 48% consider it “fair”).
If the reduction in pensions and the increase in the retirement age are widely rejected, respectively at 93 and 66%, the increase in the financial contribution of the wealthiest households is supported by a majority of French people (58%). .
Three out of four French people (76%) therefore believe that there are “other possible reforms, different from that of the government, to guarantee the functioning of the pension system.”
Sample of 1002 people representative of residents of mainland France aged 18 and over. The representativeness of the sample was ensured according to the quota method applied to the following variables: sex, age and profession of the interviewee after stratification by region and category of agglomeration. Interview by Internet on January 10, 2023.
Field carried out entirely after the press conference and the television interview with Elisabeth Borne on the 8 p.m. news on France 2.
