The political council of La France insoumise “solemnly” calls on the “senators of the Nupes” to “do everything to prevent the adoption of retirement at 64 in the Senate”, in a statement made public on Tuesday.
After two weeks of stagnation at the Palais-Bourbon, where only the first two articles out of the 20 that make up the text could be fully examined, the reform will arrive in the Senate in committee on February 28, then in the hemicycle from February 2. March.
The Senate does not include elected LFI, but elected from three left-wing groups (PS, CRCE with a communist majority, and ecologists), who were not elected under the Nupes label, the agreement having been concluded for the legislative elections of 2022.
Raising the retirement age should be debated
The boss of the socialist senators Patrick Kanner has already promised that the postponement of the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 years old would be debated and put to the vote in the Senate in March.
The political council of Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s movement, a sort of enlarged body supposed to debate strategic decisions which met on Monday, specifies in its declaration that LFI will also “deploy all its energy in the next fortnight” to “bringing down retirement at 64”.
A “precious battle unit”
LFI is developing the actions it will put in place in the coming weeks, including a fund to finance strikes, speaking out in public places to “mobilize as many people as possible”, or calls to close town halls “in solidarity with the movement”.
Finally, after the criticisms of its Nupes partners concerning the strategy of LFI which did not withdraw its amendments from the Assembly, as demanded by the unions, the movement underlines that “our unity in the battle is precious for the to take with”.
He affirms “to continue the campaign launched within the Nupes, with hundreds of public meetings throughout France”, and “supports the initiatives of the inter-union”.
