After a week of respite, the debate on pensions resumes in the French Parliament, but in the Senate this time, from Tuesday February 28. The sequence promises, on paper, more serene for the government, the right, majority in the second chamber, being in favor of the reform. But the executive remains cautious and already prefers to play the openness card.
with Aurelien Devernoix, political service
” My role is to be the guarantor of institutions with respect for everyone “Explained this weekend President Macron.
No way for him to suggest that he could influence the Senate. But during his visit to the Agricultural Show, the head of state did not hide the hopes he had based on the attitude of the senatorial right during the next two weeks.
I was able to speak with President Larcher, I saw that he wanted to move things forward on family policy and women’s rights, he does so with a real desire for the general interest. And so, I think that the government will move forward with openness (…) to build a majority behind this text.
And proof of the goodwill promised by Emmanuel Macron, the Minister of Labor Olivier Dussopt opened the door on BFMTV to an acceleration of the abolition of special pension schemes, demanded by the senators Les Républicains.
Why not ? Why not, but we have to see how the provision is proposed and how it is articulated with respect for this social contract which binds the employees who have been recruited within a framework and who quite legitimately demand that this framework be retained since it was so when they signed their contract.
But the risk is to further strengthen the mobilization in the street. Especially since the government seems to want to reconsider a concession made before the National Assembly: the 43 years of contribution for all. ” A floor “, and not ” a ceiling Beyond which we could not go, according to the executive.
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