“A new denial of democracy. The independent group of deputies Liot, behind the proposal to repeal the retirement at 64, denounced on Wednesday “an unprecedented attack on the rights of Parliament” after the announcement of the President of the Assembly that it would block the examination of this measure, scheduled for Thursday in the hemicycle. “On these amendments to restore Article 1 (which plans to go back to 62 years old), I am very clear: they will be declared inadmissible by myself during the day,” Yaël Braun-Pivet said on BFMTV on Wednesday.
“Under pressure from the executive, the President of the National Assembly therefore made (this) choice”, noted the Liot group, denouncing “an unprecedented attack on the rights of Parliament”, and “a new denial of democracy “. “Our ambition remains the same, to allow a vote of the Assembly on the pension reform, the only condition to appease the country”, they added.
They tabled a series of alternative amendments with the aim that a symbolic ballot still take place around age measurements, without exposing themselves to the ax of article 40. Some propose, for example, to establish “a goal of repeal” of the 64 years by 2024. The filing of a new motion of censure against the government is also debated between the opposition groups which are already widening their fight beyond pensions.
