AA / Paris / Ümit Dönmez
La France Insoumise (LFI) is preparing to defend this Thursday, November 28, the law aimed at repealing the pension reform at age 64, as part of its annual parliamentary niche in the National Assembly. This bill arouses great tensions, with the presidential camp and its allies multiplying amendments to slow down its adoption.
The press release from the LFI-NFP group announced the color: this day, which will last from 9 a.m. to midnight, will be dedicated to proposals supposed to “change lives” and protect citizens in the face of what they describe as “political of misfortune” of the Barnier government. However, the hopes of voting on this emblematic law come up against the 956 amendments tabled by the deputies of the relative majority, described as “parliamentary obstruction” by the Insoumis.
Mathilde Panot, leader of the LFI deputies, denounced on Monday, after a meeting with Prime Minister Michel Barnier, an “irresponsible” attitude of the government. “Not allowing a vote on such a crucial subject would be unbearable,” she said. Éric Coquerel, president of the Finance Commission, for his part castigated an “unfair” maneuver, considering that this sudden mobilization of the majority contrasted with their relative discretion on other budgetary subjects.
– Pension reform
France Insoumise is part of resolute opposition to the 2023 pension reform, imposed at the time by the executive of Élisabeth Borne via article 49.3, due to lack of a majority in the National Assembly. This reform, which raised the legal age of departure from 62 to 64, provoked months of massive social protest.
In the longer term, LFI also intends to tackle the “Touraine reform” of 2014, which gradually extends the contribution period necessary for a full-rate pension. The Insoumis thus aim for a complete overhaul of the system to restore retirement at 60 and reduce inequalities.
If the law on the repeal of pensions were to be voted on this Thursday, its passage in the Senate should take place in January 2025.
– Government censorship?
While the LFI niche crystallizes the debates, the specter of recourse to article 49.3 to pass the 2025 budget hangs over the Assembly. Mathilde Panot confirmed that the New Popular Front, a coalition bringing together LFI, the Socialists, the Ecologists and other left-wing groups, would table a motion of censure if the government resorted to it.
This posture would be shared by the far-right opposition, who also say they are “ready” to censor the government. Marine Le Pen (RN) and Éric Ciotti (UDR) respectively described the proposed budget as “socially unjust” and “economically inefficient”. The vote on this motion could take place by the end of December, according to Éric Coquerel.
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