"I can't give this guarantee, I don't want it, that's for sure. I've always said that this reform should be the subject of as much discussion and dialogue as possible with the hope of achieving a compromise," said the minister on France Info.

The head of LFI Jean-Luc Mélenchon, ex-presidential candidate, reacted immediately: "Macron barely re-elected, he already wants to go through 49-3 retirement at 65. A detail: only the Prime Minister triggers the 49-3".

"To prevent it, therefore, a solution: the Popular Union in Matignon!", Launched in a tweet Jean-Luc Mélenchon, in favor of retirement at 60 and who, with 22% of the votes in the first round, since urges the French to "elect Prime Minister" in the legislative elections.

"The majority of French people who do not want to retire at 65 can resort to 12/06 and 19/06!", By voting LFI for the two rounds of the legislative elections, tweeted the number two of the Insoumis, Adrien Quatennens.

The leader of the communists Fabien Roussel, also a former presidential candidate, for his part tweeted: "On June 12 and 19, let's give him a 49.3 by the ballot box in the legislative elections".

For the deputy of the National Rally Bruno Bilde, this project symbolizes "authoritarianism on the move".

MEP RN Hélène Laporte judged that "faced with the planned social breakdown of our country, the next legislative elections will be crucial".

"Do not leave full powers to Emmanuel Macron", who is "an authoritarian leader", launched the interim president of RN Jordan Bardella on Monday in view of the legislative elections.

At Les Républicains, MP Pierre-Henri Dumont assured that "the LR deputies will be there to vote for the motion of censure which goes with 49-3".

His colleague Olivier Marleix said that "if Emmanuel Macron does not have a majority in the legislative elections, he will be obliged to do a minimum of consultation".

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, boss of Debout la France, lamented that "from the first minute of the mandate, Emmanuel Macron shows his contempt for Parliament".

Emmanuel Macron wants to "shift the legal age" of retirement "by 4 months a year" to bring it "in 2031 to 65 years", with a device for "long careers" and another for "difficulty".

The recourse to article 49, paragraph 3 of the Constitution, allows the Prime Minister to engage his responsibility on a text of law, and to make it adopt without vote of the Parliament.

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