He was in the hot seat. The president of the retirement guidance council, Pierre-Louis Bras, will leave his position “after nine years at the helm,” Matignon announced on Wednesday, confirming information from Le Monde. The COR and its president were criticized during the debate on pension reform by the executive, who accused them of putting the scale of future deficits into perspective.
The departure of Mr. Bras “is not a sanction,” commented those around the Prime Minister, an opinion that several unions do not share. “The president of the COR pays for his interventions and comments during the implementation of the pension reform,” Michel Beaugas, FO confederal secretary in charge of employment, and member of the COR, told AFP. “Pierre-Louis Bras pays for his independence of mind, the government is emptying out all the voices that do not go in its direction,” reacted Denis Gravouil, member of the CGT confederal office responsible for employment, retirement and unemployment issues. , who described the departure of Mr. Bras as “a democratic scandal on the same level as 49.3”. Unsa also praised the work of Mr. Bras at the COR, considering that it had become under his leadership “an essential body which must continue”.
“This is the reason why Unsa will remain particularly vigilant so that the COR remains an autonomous and independent actor,” added the union. “The debate on the latest reform did not give rise to much pedagogy”, but the COR for its part “set a benchmark in the matter”, welcomed the CFDT for its part. Pierre-Louis Bras, general inspector of social affairs, was appointed president of the Pension Orientation Council (COR) by the Council of Ministers on January 14, 2015.
A graduate of HEC, a law degree, holder of a diploma of advanced studies (DEA) in economics and a former student of ENA, he succeeded Raphaël Hadas-Lebel, who had held this position since 2006. Mr. Bras was notably part of Martine Aubry’s cabinet at the end of the 1990s, when she was Minister of Employment and Health.
