He announced that “all pensions” will be increased by “half the inflation” on January 1: why this declaration by Laurent Wauquiez makes the political class react

“There will be an increase in pensions from January 1 for all pensions. It will be approximately half of inflation,” declared Laurent Wauquiez on TF1 news, this Monday, November 11, in the evening.

“On July 1, there will be a second increase, this time for the most modest pensions” pour “protect them completely from inflation”, he continued, specifying that only those “below the minimum wage” would benefit from this second measure.

But now, since this announcement, and while a member of the Prime Minister's entourage confirmed to AFP that the elected official had discussed this subject with Michel Barnier, part of the political class reacted to these statements. Not necessarily in substance, but above all in form.

“I saw that Laurent Wauquiez was now the new spokesperson for the Prime Minister, whom I find surprisingly self-effacing in this debate,” quipped Eric Ciotti at the microphone of TF1, before specifying that “this provision is not made concrete in the texts, but, if it is, we will support it.”

For her part, Olivia Grégoire, the EPR deputy (Together for France), “denounces a communication announcement” which was made of “somewhat surprising manner by Mr. Wauquiez” and assures that it is necessary “pay attention to the packaging”. She explains: “What matters to me is, will retirees, yes or no, see pensions increased without it being a monstrous cost for the state. The answer is no. This measure is very expensive and it “It's a waste of time.”

“What surprised me about this announcement is that it was a party president who made it and not the Prime Minister,” underlined the former President of the Republic and deputy for Corrèze, François Hollande, And above all that “let this be done in an intervention on television and not the National Assembly, where these questions are debated”