the government proposes to shift the legal retirement age to 64 in 2030

Cover image: The Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, presents the Government’s project for the future of the pension system in Paris, Tuesday January 10, 2023. JEAN CLAUDE COUTAUSSE FOR “THE WORLD”

The legal retirement age is gradually being pushed back to reach 64 in 2030. According to the bill presented Tuesday by the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, the legal age will reach 64 years in 2030, against 62 years today. It will be gradually increased at the rate of three months per year from 1^is September, and will therefore be set at 63 years and 3 months in 2027 at the end of the quinquennium, then will reach the target of 64 years in 2030.

For a full-rate pension, it will be necessary to have contributed forty-three years from 2027 instead of 2035. The reform plans to bring this requirement forward to 2027, instead of 2035. Those who started working before the age of 16 will be able to retire at age 58 and people with disabilities, incapacity or incapacity can still leave at 62. years at full rate.

Current pensions revalued to 1,200 euros for “ nearly 2 million small pensions”. “Employees and the self-employed, in particular craftsmen and traders, who have contributed all their life with income around the SMIC, will now leave with a pension of 85% of the net SMIC, i.e. an increase of €100 per month”, detailed Ms. Borne. According to her, “nearly 2 million small pensions will be increased”, arguing that it is a measure resulting from consultation with the parties and the unions.

“Most of the existing special pension schemes” will be “closed”, she added. “This measure will only apply to new recruits who will henceforth be affiliated to the general pension scheme. »

Both workers and unions disapprove of this reform, and promise a strong mobilization so that it does not pass. More than two thirds of French people (68%) are against postponing the legal age, even at 64, according to an IFOP poll for Fiducial. “There will be no deal with the CFDT”has already warned its secretary general, Laurent Berger, stating: “We will do everything to make the government back down. » For the boss of Force Ouvrière, Frédéric Souillot: “If Emmanuel Macron wants to make her his mother of reforms (…), for us it will be the mother of battles. »

• After her press conference, Elisabeth Borne will be the guest of the “20 hours” of France 2then she will answer questions from the public on the Franceinfo channel.

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