The Joint Joint Committee (CMP), which will discuss the final version of the pension reform, will meet on Wednesday, March 15, BFMTV learned. This organization is made up of 7 senators and 7 deputies. Before going to the CMP, the pension reform is studied in the Senate, which began its examination on Thursday, March 2, after the National Assembly considered the text between February 6 and 17.
BFMTV returns in detail to the next stages of the bill.
• Sunday March 12 at midnight: end of the exam in the Senate
At midnight, at the latest, the text ends its passage through the Senate. If the senators debate well so far, then they will have considered the pension reform two days (11 in total) more than their fellow deputies (9). A difference that is explained by the decision of Gérard Larcher, president of the Senate, to open public sessions on weekends.
• Wednesday March 15: mixed joint committee
The Mixed Mixed Commission (CMP), made up of 7 senators and 7 deputies, will then be in charge of examining the text. You must establish the final version of the bill.
• Thursday, March 16: return of the text to the Assembly
The text returns for the last time to the National Assembly. If there has been an agreement in the CMP and the government has consolidated a majority – which is still a very uncertain assumption – then the examination at the Palais Bourbon will result in a snap vote. The conclusions of the CMP will also have to be validated in the Senate.
On the other hand, in case of disagreement, there would be a new reading of the text. The use of article 49.3 of the Constitution, which allows the approval of a bill without the vote of the deputies, would then be increasingly likely.
Otherwise, the text could again be submitted to the parliamentary shuttle, being examined in both chambers. For this scenario, no schedule has been provided.
• Sunday March 26 at midnight: end of the exam
This shuttle would be, in any case, very limited in time. Indeed, the debates must end, at the latest, on March 26 at midnight. At issue: the government’s chosen legislative vehicle – a Social Security Financing Reform Bill (PLFRSS) – which allows it to use Article 47.1, limiting debates in Parliament to 50 days. This same article also provides, if there has been no vote on the bill, that the government may implement it by ordinance.
Source: BFM TV
