Presidential: Emmanuel Macron promises to increase pensions by 4% this summer and to enrich his program – LaDepeche.fr

the essential Emmanuel Macron was the guest of the 8 p.m. newspaper of TF1, this Wednesday evening. He detailed his program, mentioned the second round and reacted to the latest statements by Marine Le Pen.

On television or in the field, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen are campaigning for the second round of the presidential election to try to attract as many voters as possible on April 24. Guest of 20 hours of TF1, Emmanuel Macron announced that he would increase pensions by 4% in July if he were re-elected at the Elysée. The revaluation of pensions, which usually occurs in January, will be accelerated due to the current rise in prices. In the event of re-election, he indicated that negotiations would be conducted with the social partners and that Parliament would have to decide. Also read: LIVE. Presidential: Emmanuel Macron promises a 4% increase in pensions, Marine Le Pen wants a NATO/Russia rapprochement An expanded program Emmanuel Macron, campaigning for the second round, has indicated that he would “enrich” his program which, to his eyes, was sometimes caricatured. “There are things on which we can go further, such as ecology for example (…) Ecological planning is something that I can feed myself”, detailed the head of state who did not have cited only one candidate from the first round: the ecologist Yannick Jadot. “You have to try to listen, to convince, you have to listen to the anger, sometimes the worries, the misunderstandings”. These new measures will be unveiled in the coming days and “consistent” with its project. Retirement at 65 in 2031 The candidate president has confirmed that he wants to increase the retirement age to 65 in 2031 while maintaining the pay-as-you-go pension system. The retirement age would be gradually shifted by four months each year from 2023. Emmanuel Macron explained: “If we want to finance this social progress, either we have to agree to pay more contributions, which is not a good idea. thing because it takes away purchasing power from all workers; either you lower pensions, which Madame Le Pen proposes without saying so; or you tell people the truth: you will have to work a little more, but do it intelligently , negotiating”. The candidate president assured that “a review clause” would take place in 2027/2028 depending on the economic situation. “At this time maybe we can have a breather,” assured Emmanuel Macron. Currently the legal retirement age in France is 62 years. Faster renewals at the border Asked about the subject of illegal immigration, Emmanuel Macron affirmed that we had to “better protect our borders” and reform the Schengen area. And to ensure: “Our enemy is slowness”. Deportations to the border of people in an irregular situation will have to be faster. The candidate president indicated that some of these reforms had already been launched under the French presidency of the European Union. Leasing to drive an electric car In terms of ecology and automobiles, Emmanuel Macron promises to develop a leasing system to allow households to buy electric cars for “less than 100 euros per month”. He explained: “I want that in 2027 we drive more and more with electric vehicles that we will have helped, that we have developed a sector of electric vehicles produced in France and that we have hybrids because we have the possibility of producing hybrid vehicles in France”. Finally, Emmanuel Macron assured that he would continue to lower the taxes of the French if he were re-elected at the Elysée. Of the 5 years he has just spent, he said it was “a quinquennium partly of repair”.