Pensions: the second request for a referendum rejected by the Constitutional Council
The Constitutional Council rejected a second request for a referendum on pensions that the left had tabled. AFP/Thomas Samson
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The Constitutional Council rejected, Wednesday, May 3, a second request for a referendum on pensions that the left had filed in extremis, before the promulgation of the highly contested government reform. The Wise Men considered that it did not meet the required criteria.
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The decision was expected. It fell at the end of the day Wednesday: the members of the Constitutional Council rejected the proposal for a referendum of shared initiative (RIP), carried by some 250 deputies and senators.
In particular, the Wise Men considered that the request for a referendum "does not concern, within the meaning of Article 11 of the Constitution, a reform relating to social policy", which is the main point he had to check.
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said Tuesday that the "democratic path" of the pension reform, promulgated by President Emmanuel Macron on the night of April 14-15 after months of protests, is over. The Minister of Labour, Olivier Dussopt, repeated before the Senate on Wednesday that "this text is legitimate".
But for the left alliance, there is no question of "turning the page". It is counting on a next step in the National Assembly on June 8, the day of examination of a bill by the independent group Liot, to repeal the reform.
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With AFP)
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