The French President, Emmanuel Macronshowed this Wednesday his confidence that the pension reform approved by Parliament will enter into force before the end of the year, despite the street protests against that project.
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“It would be good for 1.8 million people to see their pension increased by about 600 euros per year,” the president assured in an interview with the two main television channels in the country.
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Macron assured that the reform now depends on the opinion of the Constitutional Council, but not on street protests that, he said, “you have to respect when they are peaceful but not when they resort to extreme violence.”
Although he acknowledged that “you have to listen to the anger” of the citizens, he warned that “an overflow will not be tolerated” because “legitimate anger” against the reform does not justify violence.
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Given the proliferation of strikes and blockades in some economic sectors, he said that “blockades must be lifted when they affect economic life”, for example in refineries and fuel distribution or garbage collection.
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Macron only recognized an error in this whole process: that of “failing to convince” citizens of the need for pension reformwhich according to the figures the Government will enter a deficit that will grow to 12,500 million euros by 2030.
No union force has proposed compromises. They have told us that they did not want any reform.
“Do you think I like to carry out this reform? No,” he assured, before insisting that lowering pensions or raising the contributions of companies and workers has been ruled out (“we are one of the countries with the highest taxes in Europe), which it just leaves the option to work more.
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“No union force has proposed compromises. They have told us that they did not want any reform,” he insisted.
The president assured that he understands the anger of many citizens when they see the extraordinary benefits of large companies and assured that he will ask the government to force them to “participate in the collective effort” of the nation.
EFE
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