In addition, the institution in charge of preserving constitutional law rejected the opposition’s request to hold a referendum to limit the retirement age to 62 and censored other less controversial points of the project removed by decree.
from the streets, 3,000 demonstrators protested against the decision: “Constitutional or not, we do not want this law”, “We will continue until your withdrawal” and “Get out Macron”chanted in the Plaza de la Mayor in Paris.
The Constitutional validated the delay of the retirement age from 62 to 64 years by 2030 and the requirement to contribute 43 years, and not 42, from 2027, to collect a full pension, despite the constant rejection since January of the unions and of a majority of French, according to polls. However, annulled parts of the reform, such as the obligation for large companies to communicate how many older workers they have hired. The validation of the key points of the law is a triumph for the Government.
Macron could enact the law “tomorrow or the day after tomorrow” as it “usually does”, indicated the French Presidency, although the unions urged in a statement not to do so, as “only way to calm the anger expressed in the country”.
“The entry into force of this reform It will mark the definitive break between the French people and Macron.”warned far-right leader Marine Le Pen. For her part, the leftist leader Jean-Luc Mélechon assured that “the fight continues”.
Union leaders called for a “exceptional mobilization” for May 1, International Workers’ Dayand warned that they will not meet with Macron or the government before that date.
It is expected that, as of today’s ruling, the mobilizations, far from stopping, continue to grow more and more. The latest protests were characterized by specific actions, such as blockades of access to cities such as the one registered today in Rouen
The opposition sectors They accuse Macron of having created a “democratic crisis” by decreeing its reform on March 16 despite enormous popular discontent.
With this law, which according to The Government seeks to avoid a future deficit in the pension fundthe president is also playing to be able to apply his reformist program during his second term until 2027.
“Stay the course, that’s my motto”he said today during a visit to the restoration works of the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris.
Source: Ambito
