The French executive must seek a majority in the chambers so that Emmanuel Macron’s party does not resort to the article that allows the government to adopt a proposal without the approval of the National Assembly, EFE explained.
At issue is the proposed increase in the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64, to 67 the maximum, or requiring 43 years of reductions to retire without penalties, arguing that this is the fairest way to maintain a system condemned to endemic deficiency.
The “macronists” will seek the support of traditional conservatives, who favor career extensions but are wary of the climate of hostility to reforms that has emerged in recent weeks.
While former President Nicolas Sarkozy, still highly influential on the French right, favors Macron’s reform, the deputies prefer to guard themselves so that any negotiations do not dilute them.
A scenario that Mácron cannot pull off with the other two major groups in the Assembly, the left, which counterattacked with 20,000 amendments to the proposal, and the far right, which hopes to capitalize on the discontent in the streets.
Parallel to the political debate, Emmanuel Macron continues to face strong social protest against the proposal, which restored the unity of the country’s main trade unions – which had declined in recent years – and the images of large demonstrations in the streets of Paris made return. .
After two days of general strike in the past two weeks, the unions called a new one for this Tuesday, which will be accompanied by another day of protest next Saturday.
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, who has become the face of the reform, insists that working harder is “essential” to maintain the current system.
In an interview published today with the weekly magazine Le Journal du Dimanche, the minister said she accepted an amendment from the Conservatives to bring forward the pension for workers who started working at age 21 or younger to age 63.
Source: DN
