After the words of a minister who admitted that women would be “a little penalized” by the postponement of the legal age, Nathalie Arthaud judges that “their situation is getting worse” with each new pension law.
No surprise for Nathalie Arthaud. Franck Riester, the Minister for Relations with Parliament, advanced on Monday evening that women would be “a little penalized” by postponing the legal age, which will rise to 64 in 2030.
“All the pension reforms have worsened the situation of women. Because women are the ones who have the most difficulty getting their annuities. Each time we add more, the situation of women worsens”, judged the spokesperson for Workers’ League this Tuesday evening on BFMTV.
Véran does not consider that “women will be penalized”
Frank Riester’s statement comes into direct contradiction with the elements of language used until then by the government. During her presentation of the project, the Prime Minister affirmed that the reform should reducing the pension gap between men and womenbut did not indicate that women should, on average, work until a later age.
“I do not consider that women will be penalized” by the decline in the age of departure, said Olivier Véran, the government spokesperson a little earlier on our antenna.
According to the impact study that BFM Business obtained on Monday, women will indeed be more affected than men by the postponement of the retirement age. They will have to work an average of 7 months longer compared to only 5 months for men.
Women with a pension 40% lower than that of men
For certain generations, such as that of 1980, for example, women will have to leave on average 8 months later compared to 4 for men. In question: those who could leave from the age of 62 at full rate thanks to the quarters acquired during the birth of their children will now have to wait for the legal age, two more years to leave.
Many women are in this situation. In 2020, 123,000 women were thus able to retire from the age of 62 with all the required quarters. The amount of pensions paid to women is currently 40% lower than that paid to men, according to figures from INSEE.
