The French Prime Minister, François Bayrou, announced this Tuesday that he is going to open a negotiating process limited to three months with unions and employers to review the 2023 pension reform, which delays the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64 years, but He warned that if there is no agreement it will remain as it is.
The pension reform was imposed in 2023 by President Emmanuel Macron and sparked massive demonstrations for weeks.
In his general policy speech before the National Assembly, Bayrou excluded the suspension of the reform, as the socialists requested of him in exchange for his refusal to vote on a motion of censure to overthrow the Government that he has already anticipated that he will present immediately. France Insoumise (LFI) by Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
The prime minister insisted that in this three-month consultation “all issues must be able to be raised”, so that unions and employers will be able to include “the issues that concern them”, which means that a step back can be discussed in the delay of the retirement age, but on condition of guaranteeing financial balance.
“The minimum age of 64 to receive a full pension is not a taboo,” he stressed.
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