Mayalène Trémolet, edited by Gauthier Delomez 20:35 pm, March 29, 2023

April 14 will mark a new passing examination for the pension reform: the Constitutional Council must give an opinion on the draft law, adopted by Parliament. And the Wise Men could decide on partial censorship, which would apply to some secondary points of the text.

The Constitutional Council is preparing to play a key role in the pension reform. Nearly a month after its eventful adoption in Parliament, and large mobilizations in the streets to demand its withdrawal, the bill passes into the hands of the Wise Men who must give an opinion on April 14. If the text still has a good chance of passing, there are points that can be retoqued or censored. Partial censorship of the reform is therefore possible.

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This censorship will not be done, unless surprised, on Article 7, the one concerning the shift in the legal retirement age. The left and the National Rally are rather questioning the legislative vehicle, the way in which the government has forced through its bill with the use of Article 47.1 of the Constitution.

The Sages never censored an abusive use of 47.3

The Wise Men agreed to an oral exchange on the subject on April 4 with the oppositions, but there is little chance that these claims will be listened to. Indeed, in history, the Constitutional Council has never censored an abusive use of 47.1. The institution mainly hunts down "social riders", i.e. measures with no real link to the pension reform. Clearly, the Wise Men could go back on the index or the senior CDI, two measures that have little to do with the bill.

Finally, the Constitutional Council will have to validate or reject the referendum of shared initiative (RIP), whose objective is to maintain the legal retirement age at 62 years. A decision that will also be rendered on April 14.