The response was quick. This Saturday afternoon, the strong man of the MoDem, François Bayrou, had in the columns of the Parisian shows its concern and warns the Executive of a possible entry into force, via article 49.3 of the Constitution, of the much denounced pension reform, which has returned to political news in recent days.
With BFMTV, the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, responded at the end of the day, recalling that “49.3 is not a forced step, it is a constitutional parliamentary tool.”
“We do not want to go by force, we are reaching out, we are talking, we are going to talk until the end. But that reform must be done, ”he also insisted.
“Divide French society”
In his interview with the Ile-de-France newspaper, the High Commissioner for Planning had expressed his fears of a division of French society if the government used article 49.3.
“If we embark on this path, then we are sure to first unite the oppositions between them, then to divide French society. All this because we would not have taken the time for pedagogy. The question of pensions, it is not just a question not for the government, but for the whole of French society,” he said.
East article of the constitution it allows to suspend the examination of a text and to adopt it; with the responsibility commitment of the government. In case of risk of voting against the majority in favor of this pension reform, it “would leave few options other than its use”, Gabriel Attal had also warned.
Source: BFM TV
