The National Assembly on Monday rejected the second motion of censure, tabled by RN deputies, which leads to the final adoption by Parliament of the pension reform project providing for a postponement of the legal age from 62 to 64 years old.
After the rejection by 9 votes of a first cross-partisan motion, that of the far right received only 94 votes out of the 287 necessary. The left like the RN group have already announced referrals to the Constitutional Council, which will have to decide before the promulgation of the highly contested reform project.
Some 250 parliamentarians, mainly from the left, are also calling for a shared initiative referendum (RIP) to “affirm that the legal retirement age cannot be set beyond 62 years”. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne had unleashed the constitutional weapon of 49.3 on Thursday to pass the highly contested reform without a vote, not being sure of obtaining a majority.
