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The left's proposal to reduce the starting age from 64 to 62 was adopted by the Social Affairs Committee of the National Assembly this Wednesday.
The left won a first victory on Wednesday, November 20 in its offensive to repeal the much-maligned pension reform: its proposal to reduce the retirement age from 64 to 62 was adopted by the Social Affairs Committee.
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The RN voted for
The text, presented by the LFI group as part of its parliamentary niche, was approved by 35 votes (those of the left and the National Rally), against 16 (from the ranks of the center and the right). The reform adopted in 2023 under the government of Elisabeth Borne was “unjust democratically and socially, and economically ineffective”, argued the rapporteur (LFI) of the text, Ugo Bernalicis.
The National Rally, which presented a similar proposal at the end of October, but which the left did not support, voted for the text of La France insoumise. “It’s the same as ours, and we are not sectarian,” argued MP Thomas Ménage.
Two reforms concerned
The bill approved this Wednesday not only affects starting age (that is to say to the Borne reform), but also to the contribution period : this is reduced from 43 to 42 annuities, which also amounts to repealing the reform carried out in 2013 by the socialist minister Marisol Touraine during the five-year term of François Hollande.
An amendment, presented by the centrists of the Liot group to preserve the Touraine reform, was rejected. The socialists, who would have preferred to keep this 2013 reform, decided to approve the overall text despite everything.
Towards a definitive abandonment of the text?
The left claims to be able to carry out its repeal proposal until the end : after examining the text in the hemicycle next week, she has already planned to include it on the Senate agenda on January 23, on the occasion of a communist niche, then in second reading at the National Assembly on February 6, this time in a slot dedicated to environmentalists.
Representatives of the government coalition warned against a “not serious” or “irresponsible” text.
“We must be honest with the French: if this pension reform is repealed, they will certainly be able to leave at 60, but with a much lower pension“, argued Macronist MP Stéphanie Rist.
