Question posed on the front page of Parisian. What is the position of the right in the debate on pension reform? ” Yesterday, picks up the newspaper, she demanded in chorus a text proposing retirement at 65 for all, today, some in her ranks are scared and cry out loud at the idea of a postponement of the legal age to 64 years. Welcome to Ubu Kingdom. (…) Where has the coherence gone on the right? Mystery and gumdropexclaims The Parisian, in a party with a pale leadership, without a course or captain, with rebellious sailors who steer in all directions, which makes them the best allies of France Insoumise. »
Le Figaro is also annoyed: the pension reform is putting the right upside down. A strange torment seizes her, where the duty of consistency and the fever of revenge clash. On the one hand, the theoretical evidence: this reform has been part of the Republicans’ program for ten years, it responds to demographic and economic imperatives; it would be absurd not to vote for it.
On the other, the political situation: opinion is overwhelmingly opposed to this text, the sociology of the voters of around twenty LR deputies joins this front of refusal (…). Finally, and above all, why come to the aid of a power which, after having cut up the right, flies from failure to disappointment? Well no, exclaims Le Figaro : “ rather than revenge, consistency. The right must vote for this text.
Political twist…
In fact, analysis The world, “ everything in this conflict is played out upside down: the macronist center supposed to embody the balance is caught in want of justice; the right, reputed to defend the great balances and not to fear brutal reforms, discovers that it has heart; the left refuses to lose its monopoly, but struggles to make itself heard: marginalized in Parliament by the choice of a radical opposition, it relies on the hypothetical power of the street to try to bring about a better world . (And) the National Rally waits for the end of the game to count the points. (…) Because it has just brought down more than a million demonstrators in the street, the pension reform acts as a revealer and an accelerator of the political evolutions in progress. »
And for now it’s a sad sight, relieve The cross : “ the first hours of the debate on pension reform paint a pathetic picture of politics. An opposition that belches, slams desks, multiplies procedural motions. A minister who has to try ten times before being able to pronounce the second sentence of his speech. A President of the Assembly forced to interrupt the session to restore some calm. This heckling contrasts with the atmosphere in the processions, where anger is expressed openly, but so far in a contained way, without violence. It’s the world upside down, see again La Croix: the street seems wiser than its elected officials! »
What next?
Indeed, yesterday, for the 3rd day of mobilization, “ calm and unity “, point Release. This “ are the best guarantors of success. But will it last? asks the newspaper. ” We are approaching a turning point, both in the hemicycle where the tone is hardening, turning to invective, even to threat, and in union unity. (…) In an interview last week, remember Liberation, the leader of the CFDT, Laurent Berger, did not hesitate to warn the government of the danger of remaining deaf to the “peaceful” demonstrations against this reform project. Implying that they might not stay that way for very long. Therein lies the danger: that the political class will be torn apart, that union unity will be shattered, that violence will prevail. If this were to happen, the executiveestimated Release, would bear the sole responsibility. »
SO ” what next after act 3? », wonders West France.
The government must negotiate, ensure The Latest News from Alsace : certainly, ” reform is needed. But let’s not make the retirement age, the contribution period, the review clause, the date of entry into force of the reform… points now excluded from any negotiation. The government must reconnect with a democratic exercise of power, says the Alsatian daily (…). It is his responsibility. »