“We don’t want a budget like that! » The retirees who were around 150 in the street this Tuesday in Montbéliard, at the national call of nine trade union organizations, did not yet know if they were going to oppose the budget of Prime Minister Michel Barnier or that of his possible successor. But they announced the color on the station square, just before crossing the pedestrian street to reach the Fish Stone on Place Denfert-Rochereau. “In his project, Barnier announced an indexation of pensions in July. In their great generosity, MPs said: ''we're going to do a half increase in January instead''. It makes no difference, not a cent more! » proclaimed Bruno Lemerle (CGT) on the microphone.
Double punishment
“The other decision that goes unnoticed is the increase in the purchase price of the point. Not only will assets have points that have not kept up with inflation, but they will also pay more and more for them. So, with the same salary, they will have less and less retirement. » A problem all the more alarming in the Pays de Montbéliard, “where we have small pensions barely exceeding the minimum wage after having spent more than 40 years in industry. I know a lot of people who start with the short date section when they go shopping to pay less.” And to mention “the dereimbursement of medicines and consultations” or the increase in the price of mutual insurance companies estimated at around 8%.
Hell of the poor, paradise of the rich
Robert Lombard (FSU, Belfort) for his part recalled some figures: “20 million French people will be over 60 in 2030. What access to health for them? »And to recall the 43,500 bed closures in 10 years in the public hospital. Without forgetting the 31% of retirees who earn less than €1,000 per month, “including 74% of women”.
And to conclude with a quote from Victor Hugo: “You increase the poverty of the poor, to increase the wealth of the rich, the opposite should be done. I come to warn you, I come to denounce your happiness which is made of the misfortune of others, you have everything, and this everything is made up of the nothing of others. Yes, it is from the hell of the poor that the paradise of the rich is made.” The unions also called to join the procession of teachers, who will be in the streets on Thursday to denounce their working conditions and the job cuts in National Education.
