Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet was the guest of “8:30 am Franceinfo” on June 18, 2025, in the aftermath of the extension of the conclave on pensions.
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An agreement between social partners on pensions is “absolutely essential”, estimates the minister responsible for labor and employment Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet, guest of Franceinfo on Wednesday, June 18. “We have to put this pension question behind us”she believes. She therefore affirms her “Confidence (…) In the ability of social partners to find the necessary compromise pathways”. The conclave on pensions, wanted by Prime Minister François Bayrou, was to end Tuesday, June 17, 2025. He was however extended for a last day, Monday, June 23, for lack of agreement.
“After some temperatures, it is not reasonable to make people work on sites outside”estimates the minister, who calls employers to “common sense”Until the application of the decree to protect building workers on July 1. In the meantime, companies have no obligation to adapt work despite the hot weather planned until the end of June.
The proposal of the Minister of Justice Gérald Darmanin to reduce the duration of unemployment insurance by 18 to 9 months is “Not the government’s position”Ensures Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet, because it would make France “The cheapest in terms of compensation duration”.
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