the vote did not take place, the left denounces the “obstruction” of the Macronists

The deputies were not able to vote this Thursday, November 28 on the bill proposed by La France insoumise aimed at repealing the pension reform at 64 years old.

It is midnight this Friday, November 29, and the Macronists can claim victory: the text repealing the pension reform at age 64 defended by La France insoumise and the elected officials of the New Popular Front will not be adopted. As provided for by the regulations of the National Assembly, the debates in the LFI parliamentary niche have ended. The bill will therefore not be submitted to the votes of deputies.

To prevent the vote from taking place, the Macronists used a technique as old as the National Assembly – and already used by the left in the past: parliamentary obstruction. The elected representatives of the “common base” tabled hundreds of amendments to delay the vote as much as possible.

Symbolic victory for LFI in the afternoon

“The macronie is over and (…) the first vote to really repeal the retirement reform at 64 is next Wednesday, during the censorship which will allow both to bring down the Barnier government but also to undo this retirement at 64 that no one wants”, reacted to the press the president of the LFI group, Mathilde Panot, at the end of the debates.

At the end of the afternoon, the supporters of repeal still won a symbolic victory: they rejected by 241 votes to 100 the amendments by which their colleagues from the government “base” wanted to empty the text of its substance.

This “stinging defeat for the presidential camp” proves that “there is a majority in the Assembly and in the country for repeal”, welcomed LFI MP Clémence Guetté.

Tension rose crescendo in the hemicycle throughout the day, culminating around 10 p.m. with an incident caused by MoDem deputy Nicolas Turquois. The president of the MoDem group Marc Fesneau intervened, as well as ushers, before Nicolas Turquois left the hemicycle.

The left-wing deputies have continued to denounce the obstructionism of the Macronist camp, criticizing “unworthy sabotage” or “thug methods”. And they have sworn to take their revenge on Wednesday, by bringing down the government… if the RN decides.