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Bayrou speech: the PS accepts new debates on pensions because “the account is not there”

The president of the socialist group in the National Assembly, Boris Vallaud, opened the door to new debates in the National Assembly on pension reform, admitting that “the bill is not there.”

Will the pension reform be suspended or repealed? In any case, this is the desire of the different leftist forces within the New Popular Front.

After François Bayrou’s general policy speech this Tuesday, February 14, the leader of the socialist deputies, Boris Vallaud, estimated that “the account is not there” regarding a possible repeal of the pension reform.

Faced with the announcement that everything is “negotiable” regarding pension reform, including the retirement age of 64, the Landes elected was delighted to see his “request” satisfied: “the prospect of a law before summer, we accept it,” he added.

The socialists “brought down the NFP” according to Mélenchon

But “our objective remains repeal,” Boris Vallaud continued, rejecting the hypothesis of returning “to the previous law” if an agreement is not reached with the social partners. “We ask that this return to the National Assembly,” he said.

Boris Vallaud, however, has not indicated whether he intends to vote on a motion of no confidence this Thursday. “Their policy will never be ours,” he judged. In recent days, Matignon and the Socialists have debated at length over a non-censorship agreement, with the head of government trying to avoid the same fate as his predecessor, Michel Barnier.

Discussions in which Boris Vallaud but also Olivier Faure and the president of the socialist senators, Patrick Kanner, participated. These exchanges were denounced by La France insoumise and, in particular, by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who believes that the socialists have “brought down the NFP” by negotiating with the government.

During his speech, François Bayrou indicated that the pension reform will be “restarted” for a “short time”, ensuring that the issue of the legal retirement age, which should be postponed to 64 years, is not a “totem”.

Author: Matthieu Heyman with AFP
Source: BFM TV

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