Gérard Larcher wants “neither suspension nor repeal” of the law

Gérard Larcher wants “neither suspension nor repeal” of the law
Gérard Larcher wants “neither suspension nor repeal” of the law

The President of the Senate, Gérard Larcher, recalled in an interview given to Le Parisien this Saturday his opposition to a suspension or repeal of the pension reform, which François Bayrou could announce on Tuesday January 14.

No, it’s no. For several weeks, part of the left, led by the Socialist Party, has been asking François Bayrou to suspend the pension reform in exchange for the guarantee of not voting for a motion of censure against the government. A gesture that the Prime Minister could make during his general policy declaration on Tuesday January 14.

But for Gérard Larcher, “the message is clear: neither suspension nor repeal,” he declared in an interview given to Le Parisien. “On Tuesday, the Prime Minister will make the choice. In the Senate, I will not conduct a suspension or repeal procedure,” he continued.

The government spokesperson procrastinates

A position justified by the cost that such a decision would represent for public finances, according to him, “3.4 billion euros in 2025, and nearly 16 billion euros in 2032”. That François Bayrou is “open and that he dialogues with the left, I have no problem with that. Simply, on the sovereign and on the budget, there are things that the right will not give up,” warned the President of the Senate.

Invited on CNEWS on Friday, the Minister of Labor wanted to temporize things. “I would not use the word suspension or cancellation, we are not there yet,” she said. Invited on 2 this Saturday, Sophie Primas, the government spokesperson, also went in this direction. “Today everything is on the table”, but “we must find the path which allows us not to degrade public finances and even to improve them”, she recalled on France 2.

“Personally”, a suspension of the pension reform even seems “extremely difficult” to him. “To take a break, we need a legislative act, we will waste time,” said this close friend of Gérard Larcher who was LR vice-president of the Senate before joining the government.

François Bayrou will reveal his decision this Tuesday, during his general policy declaration. There is therefore little time left to negotiate with the Socialist Party, the ecologists and the communists to ensure that they will not vote for a new motion of censure.

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