Pension reform: Olivier Dussopt, Minister of Labour, affirms that the track of adoption in the next Social Security budget is “not decided” – Le Monde

Olivier Dussopt, on September 7, 2022, accompanied by the Minister Delegate in charge of Vocational Education and Training, Carole Grandjean, visit the Faculte des Métiers Essonne (FDME). JULIEN MUGUET FOR “THE WORLD” The hypothesis of a pension reform in the next Social Security budget “is not quite decided”, said Tuesday, September 20, Olivier Dussopt, who judged ” it is normal for the government to keep all possibilities open”, adding that the strategy “is not quite settled” and is still “under consideration and work”. Despite the unanimous opposition of the unions, whom he met on Monday, the Minister of Labor confirmed on RTL that the path of a reform by an amendment to the Social Security budget “is part of the scenarios” envisaged by the executive. . Assuring that he wanted to “avoid what is called a passage in force”, he nevertheless recalled that “if we are blocked, if we are at an impasse, if there is no will to support, we have tools in the Constitution”. Read also: Article reserved for our subscribers Pension reform: tension is mounting with the trade unions “More work” The objective remains to “balance the system” of pensions, threatened by the return of deficits, according to Mr. Dussopt, who mentioned a loss of “more than 12 billion” euros in 2027 and “twenty billion” in 2030. To remedy this, the idea of ​​raising the legal retirement age or extending of the contribution period is preferred. “We could mix the two measures”, suggested the minister, referring to “possibly counterparties” on “the minimum level of pension and the question of arduousness”. It is up to the unions to “say what improvements they want”, but “also how it is financed”, he stressed, repeating that this “requires more work, at the level of the society (and) on the scale of a lifetime”. Read also: Article reserved for our subscribers Pension reform: legal uncertainties on the implementation Le Monde with AFP