"There are people who currently receive pensions or annuities, as in the case of politicians, which are completely unjustified in light of the contributions they have paid in the past. We have granted this privileged treatment to these people for many years. For those who receive very high benefits, should we not ask them to make a contribution that could in some way lighten the burden on the social security accounts? This would allow us to carry out some redistribution, for example, to help those people in the pre-retirement age group who are living in poverty, or we could allow greater flexibility in terms of retirement from the pension system. These are all measures that can be taken in this area. Linking contributions and benefits is the real underlying problem."