On the evening of June 27, 2024, Gabriel Attal promoted a site called MaRetraiteNupes. His goal ? Attack the political program of the New Popular Front. But several problems were noted.
It all started with a tweet published on the evening of June 27, 2024. While a debate was being held on France 2 with Gabriel Attal (Renaissance), Olivier Faure (Socialist Party) and Jordan Bardella (National Rally), three days before the first round of the legislative elections, the Prime Minister’s X account shared a link: MaRetraiteNupes.fr.
This site, still online as of June 28, aimed to show the way in which the alliance of left-wing parties would, according to the head of government, harm retirement pensions. But, beyond the calculation methods, which were immediately contested on the networks, it was the website’s editing rules that posed a problem.
An initial lack of legal notices
The site did not actually have any legal notices in its first version — a sign, among other things, of the site’s hasty implementation. According to the Whois of MaRetraiteNupes.fr, which allows you to obtain information on the domain name, the site was created on June 27 from the French registration office Gandi.
It was in Whois that the legal notices appeared first, at an undetermined time (probably during the night of the 27th to the 28th, or in the early morning). We see the mention of the political party (Renaissance, ex-LREM — La République en marche), the address of the political movement’s headquarters in Paris as well as a telephone number. However, all these mentions were initially absent on the site side.
This is what many Internet users have noted, whether directly on X or elsewhere, such as Reddit. Moreover, Gabriel Attal’s initial message ended up receiving a note from the community on X, to add context (who created the party, why the site’s calculation is considered unfair, what is the new program of the left).
The initial absence of legal notices — since added, via a small link to the official Renaissance website — constituted a legal risk for the Prime Minister’s political party. In fact, not reporting who is behind a website is punishable by a maximum of one year in prison and a fine of 75,000 euros in France.
These provisions are contained in an old law, which is in principle known and understood by those who edit websites. They are found in the 2004 law on confidence in the digital economy (LCEN) — a text that has been regularly amended, most recently by the law aimed at securing and regulating the digital space (SREN).
The site’s compliance with electoral rules, while a vote is taking place this weekend and the following, has also been denounced. On
It is also on this grounds that Manuel Bompard, former deputy and member of La France Insoumise, announced on June 28th: an emergency procedure for disseminating false information against Renaissance “. Judge ” lying “, this simulator “ completely inconsistent results “. ” This ” disinformation campaign is simply unacceptable “, he added.
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Contested method of calculation
Beyond the initial editing errors of MaRetraiteNupes.fr (which is based on the old name of the left-wing alliance — Nouvelle Union populaire écologique et sociale — and not on the one currently used — Nouveau Front Populaire), it is the calculation methods that have also been called into question.
The simulator ” is based on the progressive CSG proposed by an amendment tabled by Nupes deputies ” According to Renaissance, ” This will lower the net amount of your pensions. This is logical, but it does not tell you: to finance retirement at 60, Nupes must necessarily lower the amount of your pensions. »
While a link to the amendment is provided, the simulator does not specify that it was rejected. It had been proposed in January 2023 during the debates in Parliament on the draft amending financing law for Social Security. What is also lacking is the quality of the calculation method, according to opponents of Renaissance.
« Liars. This simulator is bogus. It doesn’t even allow you to enter your number of tax shares! », Wrote Ian Brossat, senator member of the PCF. “ The site […] is a lie because the code used to calculate your net pension after CSG does not take into account the elements necessary for the calculation and applies a dubious formula “, warned Sebastien Bagueret, activist for the Popular Front.
(updated with LFI reaction)
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