THE ESSENTIAL
- The senators begin the examination of the pension reform at 2:30 p.m. with a general discussion and a vote on two opposition motions aimed at overturning the text. read the article
- More than 4,720 amendments were tabled. Gérard Larcher warns that he will do everything possible to “get to the end of this debate.” read the article
- “The transition from the strike to the blockade does not seem necessary,” said Olivier Véran, who fears that a “paralyzed France” will cause “an ecological, agricultural, and humanitarian disaster in a few months.” Statements highly criticized by the left. read the article
“And why not the defeat in the World Cup?”: “Véran made fun of having compared a ‘paralyzed France’ with ‘an ecological disaster’
The government spokesman, Olivier Véran, provoked ridicule on social networks for having estimated this Wednesday that “paralyzing France” as of March 7 would be “running the risk of an ecological, agricultural or health disaster.”
“Is the drought the fault of the unions? The health crisis, idem? And why not the defeat in the World Cup? Their attempts to discredit an unprecedented mobilization against the 64-year-old are rude,” reacted the general secretary of the CFDT Laurent. Berger on Twitter.
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The left elected in the Senate wants a referendum
The left in the Senate will present a referendum motion this Friday to force Emmanuel Macron to organize a referendum. However, the process has almost no chance of success.
>> We explain why in this article
Start of the debates in the Senate chamber this Thursday
The second half begins. After two weeks of debates in the National Assembly and a short recess at the end of February by parliamentary recessthere pension reform arrives this Thursday in the Senate chamber. An expected step, the Republicans and their allies in the center having a majority of elected positions in the Luxembourg Palace, which could modify the government project.
It is Olivier Dussopt, Minister of Labor, who will start the general discussion of the text, starting at 2:30 p.m. Gabriel Attal, minister in charge of public accounts, will succeed him on the podium.
>> The program of the day in our article
Over 4,720 amendments filed in the Senate
As of 1 am Thursday, 4,728 amendments had been tabled, 4,315 are “up for consideration.” Many of them still have to pass the “filter” of financial admissibility before being definitively placed on the agenda.
They will be examined from Friday at 5:00 p.m.
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good morning to all
Welcome to this direct dedicated to monitoring the news of the pension reform this Thursday, March 2, 2023
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Source: BFM TV
