Words that make people react. Emmanuel Macron assured that he wanted to advance the pension reform and called for a speedy implementation, in front of the presidential press on Monday night. During the presidential campaign he already mentioned a launch “from the summer of 2023” with a starting age now set at 64 or 65 years.
The Rassemblement national and France insoumise have already made it known that they will not vote to raise the retirement age. Republicans are in favor.
Le Pen promises “total opposition”
Marine Le Pen intends to be heard during the social security financing bill that could be an opportunity to vote on this modification of the pension system.
“If Emmanuel Macron (uses it) to attack pensions, that is to say to avoid a debate on the subject, he will face total opposition from us,” scolded the head of the RN group in the National Assembly on France 2 this Tuesday. .
The deputy for Pas-de-Calais also promised to “put him in the minority” in the hemicycle. During the presidential campaign, those elected saw retirement at age 65 as an “inhumane device for certain professions.” Same story on Sébastien Chenu’s side.
“Don’t touch our pension system that the French have built with their efforts and that Emmanuel Macron wants to damage!” the RN parliamentarian threatened in France info on Monday night.
Autain says he wants to “win the pension battle”
Faced with a relative majority in the National Assembly, the president will need opposition votes to vote on his text. Although he wanted to have a “majority of projects”, the Head of State did not close the door to resorting to 49.3 in case of blockade of deputies, before the association of journalists of the presidential press.
The approach displeases the rebels. Éric Coquerel, who heads the Assembly’s finance committee, sees it as a sign that Emmanuel Macron would be “the president of capital and social damage” on his Twitter account.
“We are going to win this battle, they will not put (this reform) on the table”, promised the deputy of LFI Clémentine Autain this Tuesday in ICLcalling “everyone to mobilize” in the street.
The insubordinate France bets heavily on a “great march against the high cost of living” to be held on October 15, despite the reluctance of the unions.
Macron “is right to want to go fast” by the LR
Republicans are much more in favor of a possible pension reform and could vote in favor of this text, leaving the majority with the hope that the text can be adopted without 49.3.
“The president is right to want to go fast,” judged Olivier Marleix, president of the LR group, on Tuesday. france news.
Despite this good sign for the presidential majority, he calls for work with the social partners who, for the moment, are opposed.
“If there is zero social dialogue, we should not be surprised that things go wrong in terms of the social climate on the street,” the deputy analyzed at the microphone of France info this Tuesday morning.
Proof that the LRs will have an appetite for this text: Bruno Retailleau, president of the LR group in the Senate, announced “not wanting to release” the retirement age, announcing on BFMTV last July, to make it “at least 64 “.
Source: BFM TV
