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, have finished their work with 4,997 pending amendments, far from article 7 that provides for the lowering of the legal age to 64 years.
“28 hours of discussion”
From “7:19 p.m.”, before the initially scheduled time (8:00 p.m.), the president of the commission, Fadila Khattabi (Renaissance), indicated, “with real regret”, that the entire text would not be examined , despite the fact that “28 hours of debate”.
“28 hours of blockade”, launched by the left Sylvain Maillard (Renaissance), the deputies of RN also denounced the thousands of amendments presented by the left. The latter returned the ball to the presidential field.
“I don’t think we can congratulate ourselves on three days of committee discussions over two solid years,” denounced François Ruffin (LFI group). “They make me think of Juppé in 1995: straight into his boots”, lamented Jérôme Guedj (PS) in front of the journalists.
Rejection of the Nupes amendments
The debates skidded on the senior index and the pension financing system, the target of numerous amendments by the Nupes.
The environmentalist Sandra Regol rejected the accusations of “inflation” of amendments: “where there is real inflation, it is in the street.” “There is nothing to save in this text”, Sébastien Jumel (PCF) added, “these three days will have served to prove it (…) and to feed the social movement”.
His proposals for new resources, via restoration of the ISF or increases in the capital tax, were rejected.
One of the only victories for the left was the adoption of a communist amendment to eliminate the CSG increase on all pensions. A “gift for the rich”, criticized the majority.
Amendments approved in committee are not accepted
But having chosen the Government as a vehicle a budgetary text, the text examined on Monday will be the initial version of its project, without the amendments approved in committee.
Among the measures examined, the deputies approved the creation of the senior index in large companies to improve “the place of employees at the end of their career”. “An empty shell”, for the opposition.
They also validated article 1 which provides for the disappearance of most of the special regimes, including those of the RATP, the electricity and gas industries and the Banque de France.
On Monday, the debates must begin with a motion to reject the Nupes and a referendum motion that must be defended by the RN, which the left disputes. Liot’s deputies are also looking into introducing one, according to a source within the group.
Source: BFM TV
