Questioned in the “Sunday newspaper”, the president of the right party declares having asked “to alleviate the brutality of the reform” to the government which must present its project on Tuesday.
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The Les Républicains group (LR) holds the key to adoption, without the constitutional weapon of 49.3, of the bill on pension reform. And its president Eric Ciotti intends to make the voice of the right party to the government’s ear heard.
“The budgetary, demographic and economic situation requires this reform” and “I therefore wish to be able to vote a just reform which saves our pension system by distribution”, declares, In an interview In the Journal du Dimanche (JDD) of January 8 , the deputy of the Alpes-Maritimes.
“Politically, the right of government has always supported the need for a pension reform which leads to work a little more”, and voting it is “a question of coherence and responsibility”, supports the president of Republicans. But, he adds, “to catch up [the] lost time”, Emmanuel Macron “offers in the midst of an economic and social crisis a reform that appears, in the eyes of the French, as far too severe”.
A reform which must “spread over two five -year term”
Thus Eric Ciotti asked the Prime Minister “to mitigate the brutality of the reform”. According to him, she must “spread out on two five -year term”, with an increase in the legal age of departure at 63 years in 2027 then 64 years in 2032. This is what the government’s headlines could announce on Tuesday, after considering 65 years.
The minimum retirement at 1,200 euros programmed by the executive will have to apply to new entrants and also “retroactively to current retirees who benefit from the most modest pensions”, which “will be one of the conditions for our vote “, warns the leader of the right party in the JDD.
been heard by Elisabeth Borne, met on Thursday? “Spontaneously, I will answer yes”, replies Mr. Ciotti, who however awaits his announcements Tuesday “with vigilance”.
“I try to make sure, in particular with Olivier Marleix, Bruno Retailleau and Aurélien Pradié, that the position of our political family is, of course, unique and responsible. I have no doubt that This will be the case, “he adds about the different sensitivities between deputies and senators LR.