Overview
- Marine Le Pen said on Sunday, June 14, that the Rassemblement National supports a voluntary, complementary pension capitalisation option for people who can afford it.
- She insisted the RN proposal will retain a legal retirement age alongside annuity requirements and repeated the party’s 2022 rule that early entrants can retire after 40 contribution years at age 60, rising to 42 years and age 62 for later entrants.
- Le Pen referenced a state investment fund first proposed in 2022 as a possible vehicle to host a capitalisation branch and said the reform must protect people who cannot take part in capitalisation.
- She denied any contradiction with RN president Jordan Bardella’s recent emphasis on contribution length and said the party will consider incentives to delay retirement, such as allowing paid work alongside pensions or tax breaks.
- Press coverage frames the move as a way to settle an internal RN debate between Le Pen’s social‑oriented pitch and Bardella’s pro‑business stance and could reshape campaign messaging and voter appeals ahead of the election.