Prime Minister of France Elizabeth Bornannounced on Sunday in the Journal du Dimanche that those who started working between the ages of 20 and 21 will be able to retire at 63 instead of 64, responding positively to a request from Republican deputies (Les Républicains).

“We are listening to the request of the elected representatives of the right,” he added ahead of the debate in the National Assembly on Monday.

To pass this reform, the votes of representatives of the Republican Party are needed. According to party president Eric Chioti, for several days they have been asking not to force “those who started working earlier to contribute more.” Green light on their offer for them long-term workers “He will get the majority of our votes,” he assured Le Parisien newspaper.

“This measure will cost between 600 million and 1 billion euros and affect up to 30,000 people a year,” Born said. “As we pursue this reform to bring the system into balance by 2030, we will have to find ways to finance it,” he added.

Under current law, starting work before the age of 20 can entitle you to an early retirement of two years, and starting a professional career before the age of 16 can entitle you to an early retirement of four years. The reform plan foresees that this system will be “adjusted”: those who started working between the ages of 20 and 21 will be able to retire at 63, and those who started working before 18 will be able to retire at 60 .

The prime minister also said she has “no objection” to another Republican demand, also put forward by the centrist group MoDem: a midterm reform review in 2027. This year “there will be presidential and parliamentary elections”, which “This is already a kind of” revision “”, – he said.

While two new days of protests are scheduled this week, Feb. 7 and 11, Bourne said she “understands” the reform to raise the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 “causes backlash, reluctance and concern.” “But our goal is to ensure that the future of our pension system is fairly distributed,” he said, adding that he “regrets that some, especially those on the left, continue to distort the reform agenda.”

Responding to the leader of the CFDT, one of the country’s largest unions, who accused her Thursday night of lacking “empathy,” Bourne said it was “painful and against who I am and what I stand for.” What if the reform fails? “I’m not considering that possibility. I’m looking for the right way to do it,” Bourne explains.