Alexis Delafontaine, edited by Yanis Darras 2:41 p.m., February 28, 2023

After the National Assembly, the pension reform project arrives in the Senate this week.

Debated before the senators at the end of the week, the government hopes to have the support of the right in the Luxembourg Palace, the majority, to pass the reform.

But the latter set their conditions. 

After a tumultuous passage in the National Assembly, the pension reform bill arrives in the Senate.

The project will first be examined in committee, before the debates in the hemicycle next Thursday.

This weekend, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron had declared that he "wished that the Senate could enrich the text with what seems useful."

A way of slipping that the Head of State is counting on the right, majority in the Luxembourg Palace, to adopt the reform. 

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But at Les Républicains, the conditions for achieving this are multiple.

Thus, the senatorial right hopes to gradually abolish the special schemes for all workers, while the reform concerns only newcomers.

The senators are also threatening not to vote for this reform if the status of mothers remains the same.

Concretely, Bruno Retailleau offers a maximum bonus of 5% for all mothers with a long career.

"Today, women are the big losers of this reform," said the elected right. 

Security net

Republicans also remain wary of the promise of minimum pensions.

So the right asks for a safety net, that is to say a minimum pension of 75% of the Smic for chopped careers.

Finally, the upper chamber wants to promote the employment of seniors opposed to the index wanted by the government.

Finally, the senators propose a senior CDI which would allow companies to pay no charge for an employee over 60 years old.