After the controversy Emmanuel Macron’s decision to decree the pension reform last Thursdaythe prime minister Elisabeth Borne today passed the confidence motions presented by the opposition in Parliament and will remain in office.
In this framework, Macron’s initiative that The retirement age will be raised from 62 to 64 years. from 2030 and will advance from 2027 the requirement to contribute 43 years, instead of 42, to receive a full pension is increasingly becoming a reality throughout France.
The measure generated a stir in the streets with massive demonstrations since January and strikes by services such as transport and garbage collectors. According to previous surveys, two out of three French people are against the pro-government proposal.
Parliamentarians’ response
In a first reaction, Mathilde Panot, deputy from the left, warned that “these nine missing votes do not solve anything. The situation remains the same we continue the mobilization until the withdrawal of this pension reform”.
On Sunday afternoon, Emmanuel Macron, who in case of mistrust and the fall of the government should have dissolved both parliamentary houseswrote a letter in which he hopes that the reform will reach “the end of its democratic path”.
The oppositions are ready for everything: Marine Le Pen had asked the Republicans to vote for no confidence because, in return, in the event of the dissolution of the chambers and new elections, it would not field competing candidates in its constituencies.
On the far left, the unions and Jean-Luc Mélenchon reiterate that the mobilization will continue anywayalthough the government has not fallen.
The motions of no confidence They were a response from the political groups to the invocation last Thursday of article 49.3 of the French Constitution, which allows legislation to be passed without going through the lower house.
Source: Ambito
