Pension reform: can the executive really count on its troops?

Arthur Delaborde 07:08, January 23, 2023

While the pension reform bill is presented this Monday morning in the Council of Ministers, several voices within the presidential majority are speaking out against retirement at 64.

These oppositions prove to be more thorns in the side of the government, which must also ensure the support of the Republicans in order to avoid having recourse to 49.3.

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An extremely close vote 

In the ranks of the macronie, seven deputies - five elected Renaissance, a Modem and a Horizon - publicly threaten not to support the pension reform.

The sling is therefore not massive on the side of the presidential camp.

However, according to some estimates, they could actually be twenty to consider abstaining or voting against the text. 

The main sticking points are the lack of protection for seniors, the 44 years of contribution required of those who started working very early, or even the minimum pension at €1,200 gross and not net.

According to our information, Matignon does not plan, for the moment, to review its copy on its subjects. 

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However, the executive cannot afford to lose a single vote when it already lacks around forty to fill the gaps in its relative majority.

However, the group Les Républicains and its 62 elected officials should make it possible to avoid an embarrassing passage in force.

But there again, despite the agreement between their formation and the government, at least 13 LR deputies reserve the right not to vote on the text.

Not to mention that parliamentary practice sometimes reserves a few surprises.