THE ESSENTIAL
- The debates on the pension reform in the Committee on Social Affairs have already ended. About 5,000 amendments could not be examined. read our article
- “An unsustainable pension system”. Before the Senate, Elisabeth Borne reaffirms the need for pension reform. watch our video
- The head of Matignon received Olivier Marleix and Éric Ciotti to continue negotiating with the right in order to reach an agreement on the version presented by the government. Watch our video.
- After two first successful mobilizations, the eight main French unions call two new days of strikes and demonstrations on Tuesday 7 and Saturday 11 February. read our article
El Borne received Ciotti and Marleix in Matignon to continue negotiating with the right
Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne received Éric Ciotti and Olivier Marleix, respectively leader of the Les Républicains (LR) party and sponsor of the deputies of this party, in Matignon on Wednesday.
Objective: continue trading. The central point of the discussions revolves around the long races. Republicans want everyone who started working early to be able to leave after 43 years of work, without waiting 64 years.
The pension reform weighs heavily on the morale of the French
Already concerned about the economic and geopolitical situation, the French see a new blow in the pension reform. Economic morale in February fell to its lowest level in two years with 79% “challenging” in the future, notes the latest edition of the Odoxa-AGIPI-Challenges-BFM Business Economic Barometer.
Elisabeth Borne speaks this afternoon on France 2 to convince
Faced with growing opposition to her pension reform, Élisabeth Borne explained Thursday night on France 2 about the meaning of her project, which she defends as “fair” even though it requires “effort”, as well as about its strategy.
The Prime Minister will be questioned for 35 minutes but will not participate in the debate that will follow.
He intends to “continue explaining this reform, remember why it is essential to save the pension system”, according to his entourage, being “aware of what it means to work more and more for the French”.
Édouard Philippe guest of BFMTV at 6:50 p.m.
In the middle of a debate on pension reform, the former prime minister speaks about the text of Elisabeth Borne’s government to Bruce Toussaint’s microphone at 6:50 p.m.
>>Find more information about this interview in our summary
2 out of 3 French people want the mobilization against the reform to continue
Elabe’s new poll “L’Opinion en direct” for BFMTV, published on Wednesday, shows that opposition to the pension reform among the French population remains very strong: 71% of French people are against it, compared to 72% last week.
>>Find the different trends in our article
End of committee debates in the Assembly, close to 5,000 amendments not examined
Only two articles examined and thousands of pending amendments: a small part of the pension reform was examined by the deputies at the end of its passage in committee on Wednesday, before its arrival in the Chamber on Monday.
Between tension, fatigue and merriment, the members of the Social Affairs Committee, meeting since Monday morning, finished their work with 4,997 pending amendments, away from article 7 that provides for the postponement of the age of majority to 64 years.
>>More information in our article
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Welcome to this direct dedicated to the current social pulse around the pension reform.
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Source: BFM TV
