“Look, France now raises the retirement age to 74, oh to 64, in other countries 67. Look, yes, they will soon retire 2 weeks before death,” he claimed.
The General Secretary of the Belarusian Red Cross is outraged, although, at the same time, Belarusian men retire at 63, that is, almost at the same age, and Belarusian women at 58.
The retirement age in Belarus began to be raised in 2017. And Shevtsov, being a deputy, voted for it himself.
Here is how he explained at ONT a few years ago why this is necessary.
“When we increase the retirement age, we enable one to continue working. And most importantly, we should think about the state. That is, we give an additional increase in GDP,” he said.
It is worth noting that life expectancy in France is longer than in Belarus. The average Belarusian lives 70 years, and the Frenchman lives 80 years on average. A man retires at 63 in Belarus, and in France at 62. If the reform is adopted, he will retire at 64.
It turns out that the life expectancy in retirement for Belarusians is 7 years, and for the French 18 years. Women have almost the same, a little over 20 years.
Belarus' Red Cross Secretary General presented the information as if in the West, the retirement age comes shortly before death, without mentioning that the situation in Belarus is worse.