A “largely insufficient” gear change. This Monday, the Nupes changed their strategy of parliamentary opposition by withdrawing “a thousand amendments” on the pension reform, whose examination has seriously skidded since the opening of the debates in the chamber last Monday. But, for Yaël Braun-Pivet, president of the National Assembly and Renaissance deputy, “we must go much further.”
The elected representative of Yvelines indicates on RTL that “544 amendments” have been studied since the start of the examination of the text. There are still “more than 14,000”. “You can clearly see the difference between these two amounts,” insists Yaël Braun-Pivet.
According to her, “if we want to continue debating and talking about what is of interest to the French and to the unions […] there must be a massive withdrawal of amendments”.
9000 amendments to withdraw to reach article 7
At stake: Article 7, which delays the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 years. Until now, the left, led by La France Insoumise (LFI), has slowed down the debates to defend its proposals but also to avoid a possible decline in the mobilization against the pension reform if this measure were adopted.
Returns responsibility to the government and the legislative procedure chosen for this text, limiting its examination in the Assembly to twenty days.
Even if the withdrawal of around a thousand amendments reflects a change, LFI is hesitating between advancing the text and defending each amendment. Socialists, environmentalists and unions are pushing to get to Article 7.
To achieve such a scenario, “it would be necessary to withdraw almost 9,000” amendments, according to Yaël Braun-Pivet. At the moment, we are far from it. Article two on the creation of a senior index has not yet been adopted.
Source: BFM TV
