"We are determined to accelerate" the reforms after that of pensions, assured Saturday, April 15, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne during a speech to the National Council of the Renaissance party, in Paris, two days before the speech of Emmanuel Macron.

"We want to build the France of full employment", "guarantee equal opportunities", "act" for health and education, hammered the Prime Minister.

She was speaking for the first time since the partial validation of the pension reform by the Constitutional Council, followed by its promulgation by the President of the Republic.

"Today, there is neither winner nor vanquished. There is a difficult reform, I know. A reform that requires efforts from many of our compatriots, I am aware. But a reform that takes into account everyone's situations. A reform necessary to guarantee the future of our pay-as-you-go system," said Elisabeth Borne.

"Overtaking" between right and left

After conducting consultations with the political forces at the request of the Head of State, the Prime Minister hinted at a status quo, while the executive lacks an absolute majority in the National Assembly.

"I am convinced that if the time is not for coalitions, majorities are possible, project by project, to offer solutions to the French," she said.

Weakened since the adoption of the reform by 49.3 in the Assembly, after the rejection by only nine votes of a motion of censure against her government, Elisabeth Borne advocated "humility", "respect", "attention" to "listen to our compatriots". "To achieve this, I believe in a principle: the overcoming" between the right and the left, "the very identity of our party" Renaissance, she reaffirmed once again.

"Of course, we will come up against those nostalgic for old divisions, those who prefer to deny themselves rather than build with us, those who sacrifice the interest of the country to go in the direction of the wind. But, we will never be the camp of renunciation, "assured the head of government.

With AFP

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