There will therefore have been no vote on the bill to repeal the pension reform. Proposed this Thursday as part of the parliamentary niche – which allows oppositions to choose once a year the agenda of the National Assembly – of La France insoumise (LFI), this text aimed to reduce the legal age of departure from 64 to 62 years old. But faced with the 978 amendments tabled by the deputies of the “common base” (the Macronists, their allies and the Republicans), the deputies were not able to go as far as the vote, the LFI parliamentary niche having ended at midnight.
Enough to enrage the party coordinator and deputy for Bouches-du-Rhône Manuel Bompard for whom “the Macronists have today destroyed the concept of parliamentary niche which is a provision guaranteed by the Constitution”. “This is a very serious event. It is high time that Michel Barnier's government is censored,” he said this Thursday evening on X (formerly Twitter), affirming during a speech that the principle of the parliamentary niche has been “destroyed”. “We continue the fight,” said LFI MP for Val-de-Marne Clémence Guetté on X.
“Proud of the Insoumis parliamentary group which fought all day in the face of the crass obstruction of the government and the Macronists to prevent the repeal of retirement at 64,” said the head of the LFI deputies Mathilde Panot. . “Macronie is lonely, hated and detestable. But the people will have the last word, we will succeed in repealing the theft of 2 stolen years of life,” she added. “What is the point of this government obstruction,” party leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon asked before the start of the parliamentary debate.
“Their violent reform will end up in the trash”
Same irritation for the Bouches-du-Rhône deputy Sébastien Delogu for whom “these right-wing macronists spent 15 hours blocking the day of debates to repeal the 64 years”. “Fear of voting, fear of the people. Their violent reform will end up in the trash, sooner or later,” he adds.
Still on the left, Somme deputy François Ruffin estimated that “the Macronists” had played “obstruction like kamikazes”. “The behavior of centrist, Macronist and Republican deputies is not at all reassuring. It frightens me,” he raged on BFMTV. “The bovine obstruction of the Macronist “common base” has prohibited us from being able to vote for the repeal of the pension reform,” supported for his part the Ecologist and Social MP for Seine-Saint-Denis Alexis Corbière.
The first secretary of the Socialist Party (PS) and deputy for Seine-et-Marne Olivier Faure deplored the “lamentable obstruction of the macronie”. “The one-day debate on the repeal of retirement at 64 was an opportunity to have a vote on this law which did not take place last year. Democracy is not an option for true Republicans. »
On the far right, the head of the National Rally (RN) deputies Marine Le Pen – in favor of the repeal of the pension reform – estimated that “the macronie had done this evening (THURSDAY) an arm of honor to the democratic debate.” “The majority of French people and deputies reject Emmanuel Macron's unjust pension reform and yet the NFP, LR and presidential camp deputies are blocking its repeal! », added the vice-president of the party Sébastien Chenu.
In reaction, government spokesperson Maud Bregeon estimated this Friday morning on France 2 that “the deputies of the common base defended their convictions by proposing amendments” “To think that we can return to such a crucial and sensitive subject (than pension reform) in a few hours of debate, it is lying to the French,” she added. “It’s legitimate for MPs to table amendments to defend their position. »
