The French Prime Minister put the full stop for the retirement age: It is not up for debate!

Speaking to the public broadcaster Franceinfo about the pension reform, which will be discussed in the National Assembly from February 6, Borne stated that the plan to raise the retirement age to 64 years in the framework of the reform “is not up for discussion.”

Borne noted that the “64 years” and “acceleration of the Touraine reform” articles of the reform package fall within the scope of the compromise they proposed after meeting with different parliamentary groups and listening to trade unions and business organizations.

Prime Minister Borne also argued that contrary to claims that “women are the biggest losers from the pension reform”, this reform especially protects women whose careers have been interrupted, and that two-thirds of those whose pensions will increase within the scope of the reform will be women. The increase in question corresponds to 100 euros per month in the pension.

The French press reported that parliamentarians offered some 7,000 amendments to the government’s pension reform.

The “Touraine Reform”, which was voted in the French Parliament in 2014 and entered into force in 2020, gradually increased premium payment periods and introduced a requirement to pay premiums for 43 years to receive a full pension by 2035.

PENSION REFORM

On January 10, Borne announced the content of the pension reform, which was among the electoral promises of President Emmanuel Macron.

Noting that in the country where the retirement age is 62, the legal retirement age will gradually increase by 3 months every year and will increase to 64 in 2030, noting that in 2027 it will be required to pay premiums for 43 years to receive The full pension.

While more than 1 million people took part in nationwide demonstrations on January 19 against the pension reform, 8 of the largest French unions called on citizens to return to the streets on January 31. (AA)