Jacques Legros gave a little rant on the set of Estelle Denis’s program, about the pensions of those who are nicknamed “Boomers”. The 74 -year -old journalist has a well -decided opinion on this subject that concerns him, but divides France…
Jacques Legros, who recently farewell to the TF1 news after 26 years of good and loyal service, now leads a quieter daily life in his house near the sea in Corsica. Invited on the show’s set Estelle at noonon RMC, the 74-year-old journalist spoke about the debate that ignited the canvas since the start of the conclave on pensions initiated by François Bayrou a few months ago: should we lower boomers pensions? The former JOKER of the 1 p.m. JT of TF1 has a clear opinion on the question…
Jacques Legros, Cash on retreat: “I did not go on purpose to be born in 1951!”
The subject continues to ignite French society: are retirees too spoiled with their monthly pension, all at the expense of assets? So should we lower the pensions of those who are commonly called “boomers”, people born after the Second World War? Recall that, according to the annual DREES report, the average retirement in France is 1,626 euros gross monthly.
“”I do not like the punishment system, whether for pensions or for the environment. I think that everything that is punitive is not going in the right direction, and I will point out to you that I did not go on purpose to be born in 1951. I did not be alone and if I was born on this date, I am not guilty “replied with Aplomb Jacques Legros, in the program by Estelle Denis. The journalist benefited from the accumulation of employment-retirement for more than ten years.
Jacques Legros pushes a little rant: “We were getting out of the war!”
The presenter, who started his career after the baccalaureate in the newspaper The Nations Tribunerecalled that the generation of “boomers” had to deal with a particular context: “We did with what we had, we got out of the war. We had to rebuild everything, there was a big effort to put France from Aplomb and it was not an easy task, it was not you who did it, the thirties, it was we who did it. “
But the father of Tatiana, 48, fruit of an old love, and Gabriel, 20, born of his union with Valérie, is aware of the frustration of the young generation: “This does not exempt us from being generous and united with the young generations. My children are the first concerned and I understand it very well. At the same time, they are a little discouraged when they see what is happening, at all levels. Whether in politics, on a tax level, we are all struck and for them, it is not an incentive to stay in France. I guarantee it to you“.