"The initial idea will prove catastrophic on arrival", according to C. Saint-Etienne

The economist Christian Saint-Etienne was the guest of the show 12h Hour H on BFM Business. He returned to the pension reform prepared by the government. The latter plans to replace the 42 existing schemes by a single system according to the principle "every euro contributed will give the same rights to all".

"When you are told that everyone will have the same return for every euro you contribute, you think it's great, except that when you start putting the issue on the table, the idea of ​​going from 42 plans to only one is a misconception, because you have three types of behavior in the economy that are very different: the employees of the private sector, the employees of the public and the self-employed.To want to put them in the same box it will compel them ", believes the economist.

"If they are independent, let the independents"

"For example, the self-employed can decide, for a few years, to contribute less to invest more in their production tool.They will no longer have this margin of maneuver.If they are independent, let the self-employed. collective clothing is a problem, "continues Christian Saint-Etienne.

"Sweden and other countries are examples, but there are still special regimes there, and the fact is that the government announces every day that it will keep three, four, five special regimes. think that the initial idea will prove catastrophic on arrival, "he says.