The First Lady spoke on Monday evening on pension reform, a major project for Emmanuel Macron’s second five-year term.
Guest this Monday evening on TF1 to discuss the operation Yellow pieces As president of the Fondation des Hôpitaux, Brigitte Macron was questioned on several current topics, in particular on pension reform.
This flagship project of her husband’s second five-year term – which “has not changed in 25 years” – should animate the debates at the start of the year.
During a press conference on Tuesday, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne could, according to several of her interlocutors, propose a postponement of the legal age of departure to 64, instead of 62 currently, after having considered 65. This postponement would be associated with an acceleration of the extension of the contribution period, which would increase to 43 years before the 2035 horizon set by the Touraine reform.
Confidence in the reaction of the French
A reform already highly criticized by the unions, but especially the French. According to the latest edition of the Barometer of the economy produced by Odoxa for Agipi, Challenges and BFM Business, 85% of French people are still strongly opposed to any postponement of the legal age of departure
However, Brigitte Macron affirmed that “the French in difficulty have always reacted positively”, taking the example of the health crisis.
Without wanting to expand further on the subject, the First Lady still wanted to reassure the youngest, worried about leaving always later in retirement. “Everything is done for you to have a retirement”, she launched on TF1.
