Eric Lombard doesn’t want obligatory capitalization | EUROtoday

The Minister of the Economy, Eric Lombard estimated, Sunday June 8, that it was not “The right time” to introduce an element ” OBLIGATORY “ capitalization within the pension system, as proposed by former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe.

“Make it a compulsory element, I am not sure that it is the right time. We have more burning priorities on the pension issue ”mentioned Eric Lombard throughout an interview in “Political questions”, a program broadcast on Sunday June 8 between midday and 1 pm and introduced by Carine Bécard with Nathalie Saint-Cricq (France TV) and Françoise Fressoz (The world).

“The problem of capitalization is that in the current organization, it is unequal: it is those who have money so those who have higher income which can place it”he mentioned. “What if we had to do a compulsory capitalization, which would finance it?” Companies, we are able to see that the margins are tight and there’s nothing to take. So it might require a broader reflection on the group »he added, favoring at this time a “Inciting to invest”.

A candidate declared within the subsequent presidential election, Edouard Philippe spoke on Wednesday 15% of capitalization share to be launched into the pension system as a result of “Our society is aging” whereas going through “Denatality”.

Master public spending

In addition, Eric Lombard reiterated the federal government’s need to manage public expenditure throughout the framework of the following finances for 2026, which would require round 40 billion euros in efforts to evolve spending if no measure was taken.

“We will not increase taxes as a whole”he mentioned. “We are in the overall stabilization [de la dépense]so that means that we are not going to do austerity in general ”he explained.

Concerning the track of a “White yr”either a budgetary freezing, its possible application perimeter would require “Political selections on a case -by -case foundation”estimated the minister. “We are compelled to differentiate every little thing in keeping with the sectors”he developed. “If we must have funds for defense, other ministries must contribute. In the same way, in the social field, there are probably services [qu’]we can stabilize “ While others profit from “The most modest people, even if inflation is very low this year”.

“We must initiate the drop in the number of civil servants”he additionally estimated, however “The numbers are not yet fixed”. In an interview with the Sunday Journal printed on Saturday night, the Minister of Public Accounts, Amélie de Montchalin, additionally mentioned that the federal government needed “Review this trend” improve within the variety of civil servants in recent times.