Why don’t the French want to work longer

Politist Bruno Caller draws up a panorama of the situation of the French pension system. It highlights the challenges of a reform in terms of reducing inequality and exposes the conditions for an economic strategy which, according to him, constitutes the only real pension reform. In contrast, Anglo-Saxon examples illustrate the need for regulation of savings today encouraged tax.

Summary of questions:

  • Can you establish a general diagnosis of the French pension system ?
  • What do you think are the main challenges of pension system reform ?
  • On what parameters can the reform bear ?
  • What do you think is the role of social partners in the development of a compromise in France on this issue ?
  • In these debates what use is made and can we make international comparison ?

Can you establish a general diagnosis of the French pension system ?


What do you think are the main challenges of pension system reform ?


On what parameters can the reform bear ?


What do you think is the role of social partners in the development of a compromise in France on this issue ?


In these debates what use is made and can we make international comparison ?

See also, with regard to pension reform, interviews with sociologists:

Anne-Marie Guillemard

Louis Chauvel