Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet, the Minister of Labor, suggests a contribution from certain retirees to the financing of social protection

The Minister responsible for labor and employment, Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet, raised, on Tuesday January 21, the possibility of a contribution from certain retirees to the financing of social protection, believing that this effort should not be the responsibility of only for businesses and workers.

Contribution to the financing of social protection “can actually relate to people who work”she said on TF1 where she was questioned regarding the Senate's proposal to make all workers work seven hours more per year without pay to bail out Social Security. “But it can also concern retired people who can afford it. » “I think that this should not concern all retirees (…)it could be 40% of retirees”she added.

“There are different taxes and contributions that could be considered [pour] retirees who can afford it (…) depending on the pension level »specified M^me Panosyan-Bouvet. “It’s up for discussion, it could be 2,000 euros, it could be 2,500.”

Spread the burden across the entire population

For the Minister responsible for Labor and Employment, “the financing of social protection today falls too much on businesses and workers”. “There comes a time when this burden must be better distributed across the entire population, especially for a risk which is that of dependence, which mainly concerns the elderly, those who will enter a situation of dependency and loss of autonomy »she emphasized.

Concerning the track of seven hours of additional work per year without remuneration, “we need to look with the social partners, because it could be ten minutes per week (…). There are different applications depending on the branches »specified Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet, dismissing the idea of ​​removing“a periodic day”.

This “form of contribution to the national financing effort for dependency and the autonomy branch” should generate “2 billion euros”she added. “If we actually add a contribution from retirees who can afford it, we would be looking at perhaps 500, 800 million euros more, depending precisely on the threshold that is decided. »

Vice-president of the Ensemble pour la République group in the Assembly (the main Macronist group), MP Mathieu Lefèvre lashed out at “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.