HE The French Senate approved the controversial project late this Saturday pension reform promoted by the government Emmanuel MacronDespite strong popular discontent, which is now entering a new era with seventh day of national mobilization called by the unions.
The text being discussed through an accelerated procedure enabled by the Executive to avoid too many changes made by the opposition to hinder debate, Support of 195 senators and 112 votes against.
The Government’s initial reactions, which congratulated the decision, did not wait, and just minutes after the vote, French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne celebrated the “decisive step” towards the decision. A reform that will “guarantee the future” of French pensions.
“We are fully committed to allowing a definitive adoption within the next few days,” Borne said on Twitter.
The Macronist bloc took advantage of the position in favor of the conservatives of Los Republicos, whose leader Bruno Retailleau advocated pension system reform as something necessary to save it from the “demographic shock” that the evolution of the population would imply in 2011. subsequent years
“The fundamental act of solidarity, guarantees the stability of the system”French Labor Minister Olivier Dussopt had previously defended it in the Senate.
In the opposite camp, socialist senator Monique Lubin assured in her final speech that this Saturday will remain “a black day for all wage earners” in the country.
The text of the pension reform will be discussed in a mixed joint commission on the 15th to agree on a joint version that must be approved by both houses from March 16.
The vote is expected to be tight in the National Assembly, which failed to vote on the entire bill at the first reading.
Final voting will be possible on the same day at the earliest, and maximum period is until 26 Marchat the end of the day.
Postpone the minimum retirement age
The main axis of the reform promoted by Macron, Increase the minimum retirement age by two years from the current 62 years to 64.
He advocates changes as the only viable way to guarantee the financial stability of the system by 2030, as the government estimates that a deficit of close to 150,000m euros will accumulate in ten years if nothing is done.
This Saturday the debate took place in the streets. thousands of french came out to protest the reform was called upon by all the unions that rejected this reform head-on.
It was the seventh day of mobilizations since the executive announced details of the project last January, and there was less follow-up than other events.
Despite this, union leaders assured that France’s rejection of reform was “more than absolute”. Polls show that the vast majority of citizens are against it. and challenged the president to call a referendum.
The unions have already called for a new mobilization day for next Wednesday, which coincides with the review by the joint joint commission.