Pension reform in France: last passes of arms before the parliamentary debate
Paris, January 10, 2023: from left to right, Minister of Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne, Minister of Transformation and Public Services Stanislas Guerini and Minister of Labor Olivier Dussopt, before the press conference presenting the government plan for pension reform.
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The postponement of the retirement age from 62 to 64 "
is no longer negotiable
", said Elisabeth Borne this Sunday morning on France Info radio.
We have known for a long time "
that there is nothing to negotiate
", retorts the socialist Boris Vallaud.
This bodes well for the tone of the parliamentary debate which opens tomorrow, Monday 30 January, in committee.
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On the eve of a parliamentary debate which promises to be agitated with some 7,000 amendments tabled by the opposition and two days before a new day of inter-union mobilization on Tuesday, Elisabeth Borne is going back to the plate.
"
It is no longer negotiable, retirement at 64 and the acceleration
(of the extension of the contribution period, editor's note)
of the Touraine reform
", hammered on France Info the Prime Minister, on the sidelines of a trip to his constituency of Calvados.
This is the compromise that we proposed after having heard the employers' organizations and trade unions, after having exchanged with the various parliamentary groups (…) It is necessary to ensure the balance of the system
, ”she assured .
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the government right in its boots on the pension reform
A “
provocation
”, replied the communist leader Fabien Roussel, guest CNEWS, Europe 1 and
Les Echos
.
“
Let her tell us that there is nothing to negotiate, we have known this for a long time and that we have tested her method of consultation which is” always cause “,
replied at the microphone of
Aurélien Devernoix
, from the political service of RFI, the socialist deputy Boris Vallaud.
It's a somewhat rude belly dance towards the Republicans since the Republicans hold the future of the Borne government and this reform in their hands.
It's a little aggressive, but I see above all feverishness in it.
The point of arrival is equivalent to the point of departure, the trade union organizations have understood this, there is a united front of refusal.
The vast majority of French people, almost 75%, are opposed to this reform.
Saying in a certain way to the French that they are imbeciles and that they have understood nothing, I find that it is not very respectful of the citizens.
»
The government is indeed counting on the support of the Republicans to validate its text.
Éric Ciotti, leader of the LR, gave his assent, but according to observers, both within the Renaissance macronist movement and the Republicans,
discordant voices were heard
.
If Elisabeth Borne received the LR leaders last week to seal the agreement in return for certain concessions, some deputies have since expressed their doubts, such as
Aurélien Pradié
, unsuccessful candidate for the leadership of LR.
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In France, the majority put to the test of the parliamentary debate on the pension reform
They echo the discontent of their voters in their constituencies: three-quarters of French people consider the reform project unfair, according to a survey by the Elabe Institute which
Le Monde
echoed this weekend.
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on the front page of the press review this Sunday: the Gauls refractory to the pension reform
A dissatisfaction that the unions, building on the success of their
first day of mobilization on January 19
, intend to capitalize again on Tuesday January 31.
They want to do better than the 1.12 million demonstrators, according to the Ministry of the Interior - more than two million according to the organizers.
A point will be made Tuesday evening on the mobilization to decide on the follow-up to be given to the movement.
The continuation of the legislative process
Already validated Friday by the Finance Committee, the bill arrives from tomorrow on the desk of the sixty parliamentarians of the Social Affairs Committee.
The deputies will go through the text, article by article, starting with the first, which goes into the “
hard
” since it includes the gradual abolition of most of the existing special regimes, including those of the RATP and the electricity and gas industries .
Time is running out at the Palais Bourbon, because the government has chosen to vote on the text as part of the draft amending budget of the Secu, which limits the debates in Parliament to fifty days in total.
The deputies then have until Wednesday 8 p.m. to vote on the text and the some 7,000 amendments tabled, including nearly 6,000 by the left alliance Nupes.
The text will then be presented in session to all the deputies on February 6 for two weeks of debate.
(and with agencies)
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