A pension reform deemed “deeply unfair” by former minister Marisol Touraine

“For the unity of the country, we need a law that unites and not a law that risks becoming a passport for far-right populism. » Asked about the pension reform Monday morning on France Inter, the former minister Marisol Touraine judged the postponement of the legal age of departure to 64 years old “deeply unfair”, because “the increase in age weighs on those who started working early”.

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Marisol Touraine, who had called for Emmanuel Macron to be voted on in the first round, points to three blind spots in the current text: the “work of the over 55s”, “difficulty at work” and the “women’s issue”who would lose the benefit of the quarterly contributions granted for each child.

“I want to tell parliamentarians that they have an immense responsibility. (…) If it is not changed, this law risks reinforcing mistrust in the country”said the former Minister of Social Affairs and Health, calling on the deputies “to seize their political responsibility for future generations”.

“No one would consider that there is a step backwards if after the demonstration the government said ‘we are reopening the discussion'”

Marisol Touraine, who thus denounces the risk of “feeding far-right populism” and the “totem” government of 64 years, advocates compromise and negotiation with the various social partners. “To say to yourself that all the unions are opposed is not very satisfactory”she justified.

Still a member of the Socialist Party, the one who carried out the last pension reform in 2014, however, considers that the Nupes proposal to return to retirement at 60 is neither “credible” neither “economically satisfactory”.

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The World with AFP