France’s Labor Minister Olivier Dussopt on Monday defended raising the minimum retirement age to 64 by 2030 as a necessary measure to achieve «balance in the system.»
«The measures we are taking are those that allow us to bring balance to the system in 2030», defended before the media a Dussopt who has also called the pension reform announced by the Government as «fundamental».
For Dussopt, renouncing to raise the minimum retirement age would mean going backwards in the attempts to rebalance the system and also renouncing to guarantee pensions for future generations, according to the newspaper ‘Le Figaro’.
In this sense, the Minister of Labor has recognized that the increase in the retirement age is one of the aspects on which there is «disagreement» with the unions, although he has warned that it is «absolutely fundamental» and immovable.
The French Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, announced at the beginning of the year a long-awaited pension reform that raises the retirement age to 64 by 2030 and increases the minimum pension for all beneficiaries by 100 euros per month compared to the current benefit.
The measure has raised criticism from the opposition and part of the population, which over the past week held several demonstrations in the streets of the country’s main cities to protest against the pension reform.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
