After the announcement of the deficit slipping in 2023, the Minister of the Economy called, Saturday evening, to “think more generally about the financing of our social model”.
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Bruno Le Maire defends “an essential pillar of solidarity”. “We don’t want to touch long-term conditions” (ALD), assured the Minister of Economy and Finance, Saturday March 30, in an interview published by West France. At the beginning of March, the Minister for Health, Frédéric Valletoux, said he wanted “open a discussion” on the ALD list, which “dates from the 1980s”. His statements had aroused the concern of patient associations.
According to Bruno Le Maire, “it is precisely because we want to protect these sick people – there are 12 million of them – that we must think more generally about the financing of our social model”. For “protect those who need it most” and find savings after the announcement of the deficit slippage in 2023, the minister calls for “to make choices”and considers in particular that a debate on compensation for sick leave “should be open this year”.
Asked about the future reform of unemployment insurance, the boss of Bercy suggests a new form of compensation for the elderly unemployed. “Is it really relevant that those over 55 have a longer period of compensation? Is this not a way of transforming unemployment insurance into disguised retirement?” He proposes “a contract in which seniors would work 80% of their time, receive 90% of their salary and be entitled to 100% of their pension”.
