Tomorrow they are invited to modify one to not lose on the other

This does little doubt: the vote in the middle of the night in the National Assembly of a provision amending the pensions of millions of employees plan has something of disaster in the form. The removal of de facto the possibility for companies to retirement from 65 years certainly did not deserve a debate on the sly as it took place between Friday and Saturday. There is no less that the controversy triggered by this measure which will allow the employees wishing to remain in operation up to 70 years is quite surreal and, at the bottom of bad faith.

No one can simulate the surprise. Brief review of the facts. In 2003, the Fillon law 60-65 years is the age at which the company could develop the pension an employee against his will. But this is only a decision of principle. It was in 2006, with the seniors plan presented to the economic and social Council by Dominique de Villepin, the disappearance of all derogations is scheduled for January 1, 2010. Last April, Xavier Bertrand, current Minister of labour, announced publicly (at the same time as the lengthening of the duration of contributions) deletion complete implementation retired from office. And it is the... MEDEF, unwilling to keep employees protest, who gets these days, an age deadline to 70 years. Without it, no one would have probably heard about this night vote.

There is therefore a bit of hypocrisy to pretend to discover this provision which had until then sparked particular reaction step and that represents mainly a constraint for businesses employees can always stop working from the age of 60 if they have enough contributed. The legitimate objective is to encourage employers to keep older employees while the France displays one of the worst European results. And that successive laws that hardened pension plans have so far hardly changed this situation.

The truth obliges to recognize the hypocrisy is shared in this case. Because the Government as employers know that the passed measure will have short term low concrete scope or zero. But also that its purpose is symbolic in the other sense of the word: it instills for the first time the figure of 70 years in the public debate. The legal age of retirement does not change, its reality depends on individual routes, but the horizon away. Today, employees and businesses are to not change the time of their separation at the cost of a decrease in the amount of the pension. Tomorrow, they are invited to modify one to not lose on the other.

Evolution smooth termination of activity age to 65 years is preferable to the spectre of 70 years, especially when the morale of the French to zero Of course! Fog resulting from a retirement complex and ultimately quite unreadable system is regrettable Of course! But this is the ransom of twenty years during which everyone tried, on all the banks, to avoid to call a spade a cat and tell the simple truth: the lengthening of the duration of life a good new we impose to work longer.