Pensions: motions of censure rejected, the reform project adopted

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Unsurprisingly, the Assembly rejected this Tuesday evening the motions of censorship of right as of left opposed to Edouard Philippe and its recourse to 49-3 to pass the pension reform, adopted de facto at first reading.

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The LR motion received 148 votes and that of the three left groups (PCF, PS and LFI) 91 votes, far from the absolute majority of 289 votes needed to bring down a government. Only votes in favor of the motion are counted.

The Prime Minister had denounced earlier in the gallery the " procedural tricks" handled by the left of the left to make " obstruction " on this emblematic project aimed at creating a "universal" point system. After 13 days of an extraordinary journey to the Assembly at first reading, Édouard Philippe had signed Saturday the end of the game with the surprise use of 49-3 , this constitutional tool allowing the text to be adopted without a vote, by committing government responsibility.

Immediately, LR and the three left groups had tabled their motions. The leader of the deputies LR Damien Abad criticized Tuesday an " unprecedented parliamentary fiasco " on a reform which will make the French the " big losers ". The rebels in particular supported this motion to " say no to the government ", despite a " complete disagreement " with the right on the merits, explained François Ruffin.

What good is a Parliament? You cannot stand the contradiction, you are technocrats hallucinated by their truth! You do not believe in the virtue of dialogue!

Retreats: heated debates in the hemicycle

Defending the leftist motion, the communist André Chassaigne castigated a " democratic disaster " with the use of the " fatal " weapon of 49-3 which " completes the chronicle of the fiasco announced for this reform ". " You have fractured the country, " added socialist Valérie Rabault, while Jean-Luc Mélenchon (LFI) tackled a 49-3 " slyly decided ", promising the continuation of a " popular and parliamentary guerilla, peaceful ".

(With AFP)

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