Deputies and senators reached an agreement on Wednesday 15 March, in the joint committee (CMP), on a common version of the pension reform project, which will still have to obtain a favorable vote from the Senate and the Assembly on Thursday to be adopted, unless the government decides to use 49.3.
This agreement, obtained by 10 votes against 4, was expected: the joint committee bringing together 7 deputies and 7 senators being composed mainly of parliamentarians in favour of raising the legal age from 62 to 64 years.
While the bill is expected to be voted on Thursday morning by the Senate, which has already approved it at first reading, its adoption by the Assembly remains uncertain.
The agreement reached Wednesday between senators and deputies in the joint committee (CMP) on the pension reform shows that it is possible to "build solutions together," said Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, immediately after the announcement of this compromise.
"After the examination by each assembly, 7 deputies and 7 senators of various sensitivities have agreed and propose a common text to preserve our pension system. With this compromise, they respond to the request of the French to build together solutions for the country, "she wrote on Twitter, without mentioning the vote that is scheduled for Thursday in the National Assembly.
After the examination by each assembly, 7 deputies and 7 senators of various sensitivities agreed and propose a common text to preserve our pension system.
With this compromise, they are responding to the French demand to build solutions for the country together.
— Elisabeth BORNE (@Elisabeth_Borne) March 15, 2023
With AFP
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