After the suspension of the pension reform in Parliament announced on March 16 by Emmanuel Macron, the number one of the deputies of the presidential majority, Gilles Le Gendre, explains, Sunday, April 12, to the JDD that "the pension reform will have to be put on the "if" side it prevents the republican pact from being concluded ".
For the number one of the deputies La République en Marche, the post-health crisis "will not be 'before'. But it will not be the 'Grand Soir'". "We must respond to the aspirations for a reinvention of our models, French, European, global, but resist the old moons, like the act of death from globalization".
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Gilles Le Gendre believes that this "after" "could be part of a new" republican pact "", which "would be based on three pillars: the recovery of the economy, new solidarities and protections, and the ecological transition".
"The urgency he judges, it will be the repair, but it will be accompanied by a radical refoundation: we will have to review our political balances to bring together the French; and also change our way of associating the latter with the public action".
"The pension reform has shown how exhausted our social democracy is"
To build the republican pact, according to Gilles Le Gendre, it will be necessary to seek "the widest consensus with political forces, local elected representatives, unions, associations and citizens. At the National Assembly, our majority must prevail compromise rather than confrontation. "
The president of the LREM group judges that "the pension reform has shown how exhausted our social democracy is". "Between two useful reforms, you will always have to choose the one that brings the French together. If it prevents the republican pact from being concluded, the pension reform will have to be put aside," he said.
He places among the priorities "the revival of the economy", which according to him "is not irreconcilable with the acceleration of the ecological transition", citing "the development of renewable energies or the large-scale renovation of buildings".
"The hospital - it has been approved - will benefit from a massive investment plan. But it is not just a matter of money. We must continue the reform already under way in our health system," he added. he, also wishing not to abandon the "law on dependency", which "would perfectly illustrate the new solidarities".
With AFP
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