It’s a long debate that seems to be coming to an end. If the government had initially promised that the pension reform would guarantee a minimum pension of 1,200 euros a month for all French people, this Tuesday 28 February the real figures were revealed by Labor Minister Olivier Dussopt.
He estimates that, according to the generations, “Between 10,000 and 20,000 people will exceed the 1,200 euro threshold through this measure”, he wrote in a letter sent to socialist deputy Jérôme Guedj. Letter that the latter made public on his Twitter account.
Not all French people will benefit from the €1,200 pension
During the debates, the Minister of Labor had first indicated that all French people would benefit from this pension. But after being corrected by many economists, this was revised downwards, estimating that more than 40,000 French people would receive this minimum pension. This is two to four times lower than the figures revealed on Feb. 28.
A statement that had been undermined by the opposition, including the Essonne socialist deputy Jérôme Guedj. The latter even went to ask the Social Security for documents, graphs and figures on the pension reform, before sending a letter to Olivier Dussopt, asking him to be more specific.
Now it’s done. A clarification that comes in a context in which two thirds of the French (66%) do not want this reform, according to an Odoxa poll.
Source: Madmoizelle
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