By Le Figaro with AFP
Published
January 15 at 2:32 p.m.,
updated January 15 at 3:28 p.m.
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The Prime Minister indicated on Wednesday that a new version of the reform could be submitted to Parliament if, despite “progress” between social partners, no agreement was found.
The concession is strong. If there are “progress» between social partners on pension reform, but no “general agreement», a text will be submitted to Parliament, promised Wednesday January 15 François Bayrou, responding to the boss of the PS Olivier Faure who wanted Parliament to be referred to Parliament even in the event of disagreement.
The Prime Minister, who is trying to obtain non-censorship of the socialists, mentioned three scenarios which could occur at the end of the “social conference» unions and employers to revisit the contested reform of Elisabath Borne. “The first possibility is that an agreement emerges naturally. It will be the subject of a text submitted to Parliament, the National Assembly and the Senate. If there is no agreement, the previous reform will continue to prevail.», reaffirmed François Bayrou, in front of the deputies, during the question session to the government.
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Third way
But the head of government mentioned a third way. “It is perhaps likely that a situation will arise in which room for progression, movement, change and adaptation will have been identified without there being a general agreement. If this is the case, we will propose a text which will take up these adaptations and these progress and we will submit it to the Assembly“, affirmed the Prime Minister.
For the first secretary of the Socialist Party, the “social conference“is”cannot end with an agreement or a return to the 2023 reform». «For us socialists, the status quo is not possible. This is why, even in the event that unions and employers do not find an agreement, it will then be up to parliamentary democracy to express itself. Parliament must have the last word in this case», Olivier Faure detailed in his question.
The answer to “this question conditions our response tomorrow» to the motion of censure tabled by La France insoumise, in which the communists and the Ecologists were associated, he added. Disappointed by François Bayrou's announcements on pensions and the budget the day before in his general policy declaration, the socialists urge the government to continue to negotiate, on the eve of this motion of censure which they are hesitant to vote for.
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