Ten days of debate in the National Assembly for, in the end, not much. Only two of the 20 articles of the pension reform were finally studied by the deputies. In question, the will of the left to slow down the debates and the lack of will of the presidential camp and the right to accelerate them. The text will now be examined in the Senate in ten days.
” You insulted me for 15 days! No one cracked up! And we are there in front of you for the reform! “It is exasperated and almost voiceless that the Minister of Labour, Olivier Dussopt, sounded the end of the debates in the National Assembly on the pension reform, on the night of Friday 17 to Saturday 18 February. It was a little after midnight when the first reading ended, without a vote and without debate on the article on the postponement of the legal age to 64 years.
Ten days summarized by Erwan Balanant, deputy of the presidential camp: “ We had a kind of parliamentary massacre so that the debate did not take place. “And the person in charge is Éric Ciotti, the boss of the Republicans, who designates him:” The Insoumis spoiled this democratic debate. »
The analysis is obviously different on the side of the Insoumis deputies and their president, Mathilde Panot: “ We have done useful work in exposing this government’s lies. They are unable to tell us exactly how many years of contribution it will take. We know that they are lying on the issue of unemployment that this reform will create. »
But the shock and obstruction advocated by La France insoumise displeased his allies, including the socialists of Olivier Faure. ” It is true that there is a strategic, tactical disagreement “, admits the First Secretary of the PS. He prefers to project himself into the future: “ Like what the inter-union has requested, the country must be shut down on March 7. And this strike will certainly be renewable. »
It is besides with airs of demonstration that the Insoumis left the hemicycle. From now on, the text of the reform will continue its journey in the cozy atmosphere of the Senate.
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The Pen stances the Republican senators, Borne sends the RN and LFI back to back
On the night of Friday to Saturday, the National Rally tabled a new motion of censure against the government. Unsurprisingly, it was largely rebuffed, garnering only 89 votes. Ten days before the text of the reform arrives in the Senate, Marine Le Pen, the leader of the RNtackled the right and the presidential majority:
” We cannot count on the Republicans, even less on the Republican senators, since they themselves deposit and vote each year the retirement at 65 years. So I have great concerns, of course, and I fear that this will all end in prescriptions. This is what the government actually wants. And therefore, all the lies that have been uttered will not have been sanctioned, whereas they could have been through this motion of censure. »
The Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, dismissed La France insoumise and the National Rally back to back:
” With this motion of censure, the National Rally shows its true nature and the emptiness of its project. After two weeks of silence in the hemicycle, the far right has finally woken up. Of course not to make offers but for a rough maneuver which was only intended to obtain your card from better opponents. It also comes after 15 days of permanent agitation, fierce will of the deputies of rebellious France to prevent the examination of the text. Basically, these two populisms respond to each other. These are two faces of contempt for democracy. »