Thanks to the “parliamentary niche” of rebellious France, the left tried to have the pension reform repealed this Thursday, November 28 in the National Assembly. But like the National Rally on October 31, the deputies of the New Popular Front failed to get the text voted on in the face of hundreds of amendments tabled by the government coalition.
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With a majority in the hemicycle, the left and the RN nevertheless failed this Thursday, November 28 to pass a law proposing to repeal the pension reform, in the face of obstruction from the presidential camp, to which rebellious France had no stops promising censorship next week, in a particularly tense atmosphere.
“ The macronie is over and (…) the first vote to really repeal the retirement reform at 64 is next Wednesday, during the censorship which will allow both to bring down the Barnier government, but also to undo this retirement at 64 that no one wants », Reacted to the press the president of the LFI group, Mathilde Panot, at the end of the debates.
Hundreds of amendments tabled
La France insoumise had placed at the top of the texts in its “parliamentary niche”, the annual day reserved for its texts, a bill aimed at repealing the 2023 reform which raised the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 years old, reports AFP.
But the text could not be voted on, due to hundreds of amendments tabled by the government coalition in order to slow down the work which necessarily had to end at midnight, and heated debates marked by multiple points of order and suspensions of sessions. .
The leader of the RN, Marine Le Penwhose group had proposed a similar text during its “niche” on October 31, denounced on obstruction maneuvers » through which « macronie gave the democratic debate this evening an arm of honor “. But she also attacked the left, which had refused to vote for the RN text, “ out of pure sectarianism “.
A “thug method”… already seen on the left
The left-wing deputies have never stopped denouncing the obstruction of the Macronist camp, castigating a “ outrageous sabotage » or “ thug method “. The Macronists had a good time recalling that the Insoumis had themselves done everything to avoid a vote during the examination of the pension reform in 2023.
“ It was you who at the time wanted to block the debates, prevent the votes! “, exclaimed Budget Minister Laurent Saint-Martin, observing that “ a few hundred amendments » to be examined this Thursday were nothing compared to the 19,000 filed by the left in 2023.
The deputies have sworn to take their revenge on Wednesday December 4, by bringing down the government… if the RN decides.
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