Another decisive day for the controversial pension reform. While the mobilization continues in France against the bill of the executive, the National Assembly will put to the vote from 16 p.m., Monday, March 20, two motions of censure. A scenario of the quit or twofold: in case of rejection of these motions, the text would be definitively adopted and in case of adoption, the government of Elisabeth Borne would be overthrown.
The triggering, Thursday, of the constitutional weapon of 49.3 by the Prime Minister to pass without a vote the reform has only redoubled the protest, which often goes beyond the subject of raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 years.
Since Thursday, organized or spontaneous gatherings have been taking place throughout the territory, calmly or with excesses.
Emmanuel Macron hopes that the reform "can go to the end of its democratic journey in the respect of all," said Sunday the Elysee to AFP. The president recalled the "months of political and social consultations" and the "more than 170 hours of debate that resulted in the vote on a compromise text" between senators and deputies in the joint committee.
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The number one of the CGT Philippe Martinez believes that "it is the responsibility" of Emmanuel Macron "if the anger is at these levels". The inter-union has called for a ninth day of mobilization for Thursday, March 23, while the strike has hardened in the refineries and the garbage collectors continue their movement in Paris, Rennes or Nantes.
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