As midnight approached, an enthusiastic clamor rose from the hemicycle. The government had just been defeated on article 2 of the pension reform, by 256 votes against 203. This article concerned the creation of an index in companies to fight against unemployment among seniors. Qualified for “gadget” by some, not binding enough for others, it is not the heart of the reform. But it was the point of impact of lightning falling on Olivier Dussopt on Tuesday evening.
When the result of the ballot was announced, we saw the Nupes deputies and the elected members of the National Rally, standing, exulting together. The first ones even began to sing ” We are here “, the song of the Yellow Vests, before being strongly called to order by the President of the Assembly. But more worrying for the government, 38 Republican deputies voted against the article and 6 abstained on the 62 members of their group. They are the ones who made the switch. What the Minister of Labor was careful not to point out, confining himself to dealing with ” the left and the FN (sic)” of “Tartuffes”. “This senior index was an additional constraint for companies, argues an LR deputy. And it was an opportunity for us to have fun at a lower cost and to show that LR is not for sale. »
“Majority Rejection”
It is a serious snub inflicted on Elisabeth Borne who the same afternoon had dropped ballast on the shutter of long careers. A new gesture that she made in the direction of LR, whose management is trying to contain the deputies refractory to the reform. In the forefront of which the vice-president of the party Aurélien Pradié, who in session Tuesday evening reproached Olivier Dussopt for “provide no response to questions from parliamentarians” and warned him against “a major democratic problem”.
For the economist Michaël Zemmour, “we are made to understand the opposite of what is in the pension reform”
“The government’s LR crutch is a wooden leg”, mocked an RN deputy at the end of the 4-column room session. “The rejecting minority becomes a rejecting majority”, launched in turn an elected environmentalist. For her part, an elected Renaissance woman deplored the absences in the ranks of the relative majority: “Out of 170 at Renaissance, we were only 140 tonight. And on the Modem and Horizons side, they weren’t complete either. » The troops lack teeth and seem demobilized. Government boondoggles on the minimum pension of 1,200 euros per month have a lot to do with it. Featured in Emmanuel Macron’s campaign program, it was presented as applying to all workers. In fact, over the course of the debates and statements again this weekend by the Prime Minister, it turns out that this measure will only apply to those who will have a full, full-time career, paid at minimum wage.
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La Nupes, Insoumis in the lead, presses where it hurts. Tirelessly. “Of the 1.8 million current retirees, the pension will be increased between 0 and 100 euros. Can you tell us how many will be at zero euros? », questioned again yesterday François Ruffin to denounce ” contempt “ of the government ” for forklift drivers, nurses’ aides and all those who discover that this is basically just filibustering”.
