Europe 1 with AFP 11:41am, May 30, 2023

The president of the Finance Committee of the National Assembly, the Insoumise Eric Coquerel, gave the green light Tuesday to the examination of the bill to repeal retirement at 64 years, rejecting the argument of its unconstitutionality brandished by the presidential camp.

The president of the Finance Committee of the National Assembly, the Insoumise Eric Coquerel, gave the green light Tuesday to the examination of the bill to repeal retirement at 64 years, rejecting the argument of its unconstitutionality brandished by the presidential camp.

The LFI MP claimed a "flexible application" of the Constitution in the name of the defense of the "parliamentary initiative" and the "right of the opposition", unlike the President of the Assembly, Yaël Braun Pivet (Renaissance) who assured Tuesday morning that she would "take her responsibilities" to prevent the vote of this text expected Wednesday in committee and June 8 in the hemicycle.

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