Traveling to Rungis on Tuesday morning, the Head of State said “his confidence in all parliamentarians” so that the debate around pension reform “is played out”.
Traveling to Rungis where he notably promised “a gesture” on diesel, Emmanuel Macron spoke about the pension reform carried out by his government, which is generating strong opposition in the country, both in the streets and on the benches of the National Assembly.
While a big day of action is taking shape on March 7, with calls for a renewable strike, the Head of State called on the actors of the movement to “calm” and “respect”, while evoking ” quite legitimate mobilizations”.
The mobilization must “be done within the framework of our Constitution, in calm, respect, and in the possibility for each and everyone to continue to work and to live”, called Emmanuel Macron.
“There were overflows”
As for the stormy debates that took place in the National Assembly during the study of the bill, which could not lead to a vote on Friday February 17 and marked by numerous incidents during the session, Emmanuel Macron wanted to defend the role of Parliament.
“There were excesses, they were sanctioned as the Assembly provides,” he acknowledged. Then to add: “But the debate has to be played out, it has to be democratic. It is sometimes lively, sometimes nocturnal. We have to take a little distance collectively with all that”.
Here again, the Head of State called for “respect” and “calm”, so that the parliamentary debates take place “in the spirit of collective responsibility”.
“I have confidence in all parliamentarians, because they are elected representatives of the Republic, whether in the Assembly or in the Senate, to bring it to life”, he concluded.
