After starting on Monday in the Social Affairs Commission of the National Assembly, the debates around the pension reform were again very tense on Tuesday at the Palais-Bourbon. The text, which will be debated in the chamber from February 6, continues to electrify the discussions of parliamentarians who cannot reach a compromise, while the union mobilization has gathered between 1 and 2,272 million protesters according to sources.
• The Conference of Presidents gives the first to the RN
The deputies of the left have denounced the decision of Renacimiento all day, which, in the Conference of Presidents, gave, after a lottery, the scoop to the RN: it is the referendum motion of the National Association that is going to be examined, and not that of Nupes.
An “absolutely scandalous election”, criticizes André Chassaigne, head of the communist deputies, who stresses that the elected representatives of the left presented their motion earlier and with more signatories.
The choice is symbolic, but it could have major consequences. The deputies of Nupes never voted for a motion of no confidence in the RN, while the elected representatives of the extreme right have already brought their votes closer to those of the left. However, on BFMTV, François Ruffin assured that the Nupes will soon present “two additional motions”: “the story is not over.”
At the same time, before the Renaissance, Modem and Horizons deputies, Elisabeth Borne criticized the opposition for being in “denial”.
• Passes d’armes during questions to the government
LFI deputy Aurélie Trouvou severely rebuked Olivier Dussopt during questions to the government this afternoon.
“With your relentlessness you generate chaos. You and only you are responsible for the blocking. You are alone and we are millions ”, denounced the rebels in the chamber.
Minutes before, Oivier Dussopt, Minister of Labor, accused the environmentalist Sandrine Rousseau of “echoing misinformation and false news about the pension system.”
• “You despise people”: Rachel Kéké’s anger in commission
But it is the discussions in the Social Affairs Committee that illustrate the extent of the gap between the deputies. LFI MP Rachel Kéké criticized the “contempt” of certain MPs, during a debate on employment of older people. “Have you made 40 beds yet?” she asked. “Do you know what it’s called to make a bed? Have you ever pushed a cart?”
“No, you never have, that’s why you despise people. (…) You have never worked in a hotel, nor in the building, nor as a security guard, ”she hammered.
The chairperson of the Social Affairs Committee, Renaissance MP Fadila Khattabi, cut him off. “Mrs. Kéké, no one looks down on anyone,” she objected.
• Nupes assumes its “obstruction”, the text blocked in article 2
More than the postponement of the retirement age to 64, it was the employment of older people that occupied the parliamentarians in committee all day. In particular by Nupes which, by presenting thousands of amendments, considerably slows down the text.
And the left deputies have been criticized by the elected macronistas. “Instead of arguing, we make a sterile opposition,” denounced Nicolás Turquois, MoDem deputy. “What are we wasting like time here?”, launched even the chosen Renaissance Éric Alauzet.
They were also detained by their RN comrades. “We do not understand the obstruction that you are doing (…) the majority of rejection is possible,” lamented Laure Lavalette. “24 hours later we are still at the same point,” added Sébastien Chenu.
“If you want to save time, I have a proposal for you: withdraw the bill,” replied LFI deputy Antoine Léaumant a few minutes earlier.
“We are obstructing the substance of the most liberal articles, precisely to stop them and make this reform different”, Sandrine Rousseau also argued.
There are only a few hours left, until Wednesday night, for the examination of the text in the Committee on Social Affairs. Can the debates take place? “I am pessimistic and it will be the Nupes who will bear the responsibility,” lamented Marine Le Pen, president of the RN group.
Source: BFM TV
