Pensions: the government tries to influence the "conclave" despite its commitment to stay away
ANALYSIS - Representatives of workers and employers have until the beginning of June to propose ways to reform the system. The executive, which claims not to want to interfere in the discussions, is making numerous appeals.
They couldn't help themselves. The first meeting of the "conclave" - the conference of social partners on pension reform - will not take place until Thursday. However, several ministers have already given their opinions on the measures to be taken to balance a system that, in the absence of new measures, will be increasingly in deficit . However, as the Vatican metaphor chosen by François Bayrou indicates, they are not supposed to interfere in this closed session. But the stakes were too crucial to resist the temptation to influence the discussions.
The system could indeed show a negative balance of 15 billion euros by 2035 and 30 billion in 2045, warned the Court of Auditors in a report commissioned by the Prime Minister, published last Thursday. The institution was careful not to make any recommendations, its mission being limited to drawing up an "indisputable" inventory on the basis of which negotiations between social partners will begin...
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