The deputy François Ruffin, leader of La France Insoumise for the debate on pensions in the chamber, asked his colleagues on Tuesday to be “at the level of the people” who manifest themselves “without problems”, the day after a new incident in the assembly.
Deputy Aurélien Saintoul had to apologize to Labor Minister Olivier Dussopt on Monday after calling him a “murderer” and “impostor”, sparking outrage from almost all benches and prompting a postponement.
“Willingness to advance in the text”
“His words far exceeded his thoughts,” reacted François Ruffin at LCI. But “we have a duty to live up to the people, who are out by the millions and with whom there are no confrontations,” he added, speaking of “cold anger.”
“We have to talk in depth, that’s where we’re going to be good, where the French are going to be with us,” said François Ruffin, who considered that “the center of gravity is in the people and not in what’s happening.” in the Assembly “. The suppression of a thousand amendments by the left on Monday “says our desire to move forward on the text,” he added.
“I have no problem voting for Article 7”
For his part, the deputy and coordinator of LFI Manuel Bompard asked the Government to extend the debates beyond Friday night. “We are going to take away two years of retirement from millions of people in this country, we can dedicate more than 10 days of debate in the National Assembly!” He argued in France info.
“I have no problem voting for article 7”, which deals with the postponement of the retirement age from 62 to 64 years, he assured. The inter-union called for a fifth day of action on Thursday and raises the specter of a “paralyzed France” on March 7, after the school holidays.
“It takes a country standing still to stop Emmanuel Macron,” “when against 7 out of 10 French he continues his reform,” said François Ruffin, referring to polls that show opinion is overwhelmingly unfavorable to reform.
Source: BFM TV
