Alexis Delafontaine 6:00 p.m., February 22, 2023
After being debated for 15 days in the National Assembly, the pension reform arrives next week in the Senate.
But socialist, environmentalist, and communist senators are preparing now.
A meeting was held on Tuesday to get into battle order.
The pension reform continues its legislative path.
The text returns to the Senate next Monday, first in the Social Affairs Committee and then in the Chamber.
The debates will a priori be less chaotic in the National Assembly: if the senators on the left are opposed to the text, there is no question of imitating their cousins from Nupes.
A strategy that is being refined behind the scenes with a work meeting on Tuesday.
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The senatorial left wants to distance itself from Nupes
Their goal is quite simple not to make the same mistakes as their fellow MPs.
First, they do not want to transform the Luxembourg Palace into a ZAD, as was the case with the National Assembly.
Here, there is no question of insulting the Minister of Labour, Olivier Dussopt, especially since no rebels sit in the Senate.
It is therefore the ideal opportunity for socialists, ecologists and communists to regain control.
"We respect the institutions and the government", justifies a socialist senator.
There will be no parliamentary obstruction either: about 1,500 amendments have been tabled, against nearly 18,000 for the left-wing deputies.
Their will is clear: "Show a serious and constructive opposition", abounds an ecologist.
The senators on the left absolutely want to talk about the famous article 7 which extends the starting age to 64, unlike the Insoumis who had blocked the debates.