“Democracy must prevail over minority economists close to Macron,” said the CGT negotiator

According to the horn, the pension orientation council, and the Court of Auditors, the pension plan is in deficit of 6.6 billion euros for the year 2025.

“Opinion is two thirds favorable to the repeal of the pension reform, against the decline of the age of 62 to 64 years, and therefore even more at 66 years and a half. Parliament would also be largely for the repeal, if it was let it vote, we saw it a few days ago with an indicative vote. Democracy must prevail over economists close to Macron, who are in the minority “Flistked to Franceinfo Denis Gravouil, member of the Confederate Bureau of the CGT, in charge of employment, pensions and unemployment.

According to the horn, the pension orientation council, and the Court of Auditors, the pension plan is in deficit of 6.6 billion euros for the year 2025, followed by a “stabilization” until 2030. “6 Billions out of 400 billion, ie 1.5% of retirement expenses that must be improved. By the way, this proves that the reform of 2023 does not solve the problem. The COR report has other very interesting figures that say that the pension problem is not expenses, which are stable at 14% of GDP, but the drop in revenues, in particular by the disengagement of the State on public finances. “

However, the CGT negotiator is delighted with the deletion of certain sentences and a table disputed by the unions for lack of objectivity in the final version of the 2025 report of the Pension Orientation Council. “This is clearly a victory, since this reporting project circulated by presenting the decline of age at 70 and a half as the only solution to finance the long pensions regime. This is completely false.”

Next week, François Bayrou is scheduled to chair the final meeting of the pensions. The Prime Minister said Thursday stay “confident”. “I think there is a path”he added. A position that Denis Gravouil does not share: “François Bayrou said in March that there was no question of returning to the starting age at 64 years. Even if there is an agreement, it will be on peanuts. So, either this conclave will not succeed, or it will lead to an agreement which will not change the reform of 2023, that is to say the decline of four years.”