While the mobilization against the pension reform continues on the eve of the examination of the motions of censure tabled by the opposition, the leader of the Renaissance deputies, Aurore Bergé, attributed to the right the responsibility for the absence of vote and to Jean-Luc Mélenchon that of “chaos”.
“This vote did not take place because of a party, a group which is no longer one”, she attacked in the program “Political Questions”, organized by France Inter, France Télévisions and Le Monde, targeting the hesitation displayed by several Les Républicains (LR) deputies who pushed the government to resort to 49.3 for fear of seeing its reform rejected.
“You have to ask yourself if they really wanted to be convinced,” she continued, believing that the divisions on the right are the product of an “internal settling of scores” between Eric Ciotti, the leader. of the party, and Aurélien Pradié, his former rival in the race for the presidency of the Republicans in the fall.
The Yvelines deputy also accused “LR deputies” of having come “to knock on Matignon’s door, saying: “I am ready to vote for the reform, on the other hand you are putting 170 million euros on the table for me. a freeway bypass”. Aurore Bergé refused to give names.
“There weren’t many people at the level,” she lamented. And to wonder about “the credibility of a supposedly right-wing party that is not there” on a subject that is nevertheless “identity” for this political family.
“Jean-Luc Mélenchon wishes to discredit the Assembly”
The deputy also targeted the left, recalling that she had voted for the Touraine reform which had increased the contribution period. In his eyes, precisely because it aims to consolidate the pay-as-you-go pension system, the reform protects the most modest workers who are 100% dependent for their pension on national solidarity.
Regarding the tensions in the street, Aurore Bergé attributed the responsibility to “officials who call for chaos”. “Jean-Luc Mélenchon hopes to face Marine Le Pen in 2027, and so he wants chaos, he wants to discredit the Assembly,” she said. She also wondered about the ability of unions not to be overwhelmed by their base.
Every Sunday, from noon to 1 p.m., Le Monde joins forces with France Inter to host and broadcast the program “Political Questions”, presented by Thomas Snégaroff, with Carine Bécard (France Inter), Nathalie Saint-Cricq (France TV) , Françoise Fressoz (Le Monde) and Alexandra Bensaid (France Inter).
