The President of the National Assembly declared inadmissible the amendments of the National Rally (RN) group aimed at reinstating its text repealing the pension reform. A text which was to be studied during the parliamentary niche of the Frontist party on Thursday October 31, and which was unraveled in committee. The motive? The proposal would impose a burden on public finances, argue parliamentary sources. A decision which is not a surprise.
In 2023, the President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, made exactly the same decision on a similar proposal from Liot. Last year, the independent group had already seen their attempt to repeal the pension reform fall apart after the amendment to remove the 64-year-old was deleted in committee.
Thus, those around Yaël Braun-Pivet cite his “constancy” and his “strict respect for the rules, starting with article 40 of the Constitution”, which states that deputies theoretically do not have the right to make proposals which would have the effect of burdening public finances.
Mélenchon upwind
This, however, did not prevent criticism of the party from flaming. “Yaël Braun-Pivet saw herself as independent president and guarantor of the institution. She is ultimately only the keystone of the single party which goes from Jean-Luc Mélenchon to Laurent Wauquiez”, squeaked on X the deputy RN Thomas Ménage which carries the text. But also from Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who was quick to deplore on X an “not acceptable” decision on the part of the President of the Assembly.
“While denouncing the false content of this RN text, we must also denounce the fact that a single person can decide that there is no debate possible for all the deputies,” he said. launched, while the rebels themselves included in their “niche” of November 28 a proposal to repeal the pension reform.
In the rest of its “niche”, the far-right group has planned texts to reinstate minimum penalties, expel foreign offenders, remove the energy performance diagnostic criterion for renting accommodation, or even introduce income tax exemption for doctors and nurses with combined employment and retirement.