According to the Minister of Labor and Employment, “the financing of social protection falls too much on businesses and workers. » Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet is considering a contribution from certain retirees “in order to better distribute this burden across the entire population, especially for a risk which is that of dependency which mainly concerns the elderly”.
The Senate suggests making all workers work seven hours more per year without pay, in order to bail out Social Security. the contribution to the financing of social protection “can actually relate to people who work”, replied the minister, on TF1. “But it can also apply to retired people who can afford it.”
“No and three times no! »
She mentioned “different taxes and contributions that could be considered for retirees who can afford it […] depending on pension level […]. It's up for discussion, it could be 2,000 euros, it could be 2,500. » Around 40% of retirees would be affected.
Regarding the option of seven hours of additional work per year without pay, “we need to look at it with the social partners because it could be 10 minutes per week,” she said. While ruling out the idea of removing “a periodic day”.
This “form of contribution to the national financing effort for dependency and the autonomy branch” should generate “two billion euros”, she indicated. “If we actually add a contribution from retirees who can afford it, we would be looking at perhaps 500, 800 million euros more depending on the threshold that is decided.”
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Vice-president of the Macronist group Ensemble pour la République in the Assembly, MP Mathieu Lefèvre castigated “two anti-work ideas”. “Work seven hours more without additional pay, tax retirees who have worked their whole lives, no and three times no! Work must pay,” he reacted.
