In the past, the CFE-CGC has already approved reforms which consisted in shifting the retirement age. How is it different this time around?
Francois Hommeril This is exactly the question that Elisabeth Borne asked me when she received me at Matignon on December 8. Well, the answer is simple: the problem with this reform is that it has no justification, neither technical nor political. When in 2010 we brought the starting age from 60 to 62, it was because the wave of the grandpa-boom had not yet been absorbed and therefore the pay-as-you-go system was in danger. This is not the case today.
No rationale? The government, however, puts forward the forecasts of the Pensions Orientation Council (COR), which evokes a deficit of 10 billion euros at the end of the five-year term…
The COR report is based on very questionable assumptions. For example, why does he assume that unemployment will go up after 2028? The reality is that we don’t know, and therefore there is no urgency. You know, the social partners know how to anticipate things very well since we manage pension funds which have accumulated a total of 180 billion euros in reserves [notamment au sein des caisses de retraite complémentaire Agirc-Arcco, NDLR]. While the state sees its debt soar. The social partners therefore have nothing to learn from the government.
Once the financial argument has been dismantled, there remains the political argument. The government tells us: ” We have
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