Replenish the Social Security funds, by making the wealthiest retirees contribute and by making all active workers work seven hours more without pay each year. Proposals put forward by the Minister of Solidarity and the Minister of Labor. And this is already making people cringe in Reunion.
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Published on January 22, 2025 at 7:11 p.m.,
updated January 22, 2025 at 7:44 p.m.
Will the wealthiest retirees be taxed to finance France's budget? Will employees have to work seven hours more? This is what the Minister of Solidarity, Catherine Vautrin, and the Minister of Labor, Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet proposed to reduce the social security deficit.
Proposals considered implausible for the unions and which go against the interests of employees and retirees.
“Taxing the wealthiest retirees is lamentable, it is the image of our President for seven years.[…] The poor will be even poorer and the rich even richer. It becomes unbearable. The only way to be heard is to mobilize in the streets.” denounces Jacky Balmine, the general secretary of the CGTR.
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Social security deficit: proposals for annoying measures
Retirees, once again targeted to save money? The pill is also having difficulty passing for those mainly affected. In the aisles of the Chaudron market this morning, the information was quickly relayed.
-“This is not a good idea. The vast majority of retirees already do not earn much. If we continue to draw on our pensions, we will never get by.” exclaims a customer. A little further on, a merchant wonders about this proposition, “why wouldn't the government instead tax deputies, senators or even regional councilors?”
Another solution considered is to work seven hours of overtime for free, or one day, during the year. An unthinkable proposal for the general secretary of FO, Jean-Paul Paquiry.
“We have already had one day of leave taken away. This is a second day of leave. We are reaching a phase where free work will become compulsory. We do not accept it. Working more is a no! But being paid better is yes!”
Faced with the outcry caused by these proposals, government spokesperson Sophie Primas provided an update this Wednesday during the report of the Council of Ministers.
Concerning the track ofseven hours of overtime per year unpaid, this “is not at this stage the official position of the government”she said.
Likewise, the idea of make certain retirees contribute, is not “not the government's position at this stage”explained Sophie Primas. And to add, “has In the end, it is the Prime Minister and Parliament who will decide.”
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