After the decision of the Constitutional Council on Friday, the inter-union had asked “solemnly” President Emmanuel Macron “not to promulgate the law”. Their request remained a dead letter: by promulgating the text in Official newspaper in the night, the Head of State opposed them to an end of inadmissibility.
The President of the Republic had fifteen days after the validation of most of the reform measures on Friday by the Constitutional Council to affix his signature, thus giving it the force of text. “The social security code is thus amended […] In the first paragraph, the word: ‘sixty-two’ is replaced by the word: ‘sixty-four'”, states the text.
The Constitutional Council on Friday validated most of the pension reform, except for six provisions including the “senior index”. On the other hand, he blocked a first request for a referendum of shared initiative (RIP) from the left, which hoped to start collecting 4.8 million signatures for an unprecedented consultation of the French.
“There is no winner or loser,” assured Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, referring to “the end of the institutional and democratic journey” of the text adopted in the Assembly after a 49.3. “It’s not over,” promised the inter-union in response, convinced that not enacting the law was the “only way to calm the anger […]”, who refused an invitation from Emmanuel Macron.
The Constitutional Council has recognized the “unusual nature” of the accumulation of procedures aimed at restricting debates in Parliament.