In an interview with “Ouest-France”, Elisabeth Borne castigated the manners of the parliamentary group on pension reform, judging them anti-democratic.
By Nathan Joubioux for Le Point
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” VSThis approach is really not responsible”. In a long interview with West France, on the occasion of a trip to Angers to present the reform for the “guarantee of reception of young children”, this Thursday 1er June, Élisabeth Borne, the Prime Minister, denounced the methods of the Liot group (Liberties, independents, overseas and territories). This group, led by Charles de Courson and Bertrand Pancher, had tabled a bill in the hope of repealing the retirement age at 64.
This Wednesday, the deputies in the Social Affairs Committee narrowly voted, by 38 votes to 34, the deletion of this key article, most of the elected LRs adding their votes to those of the presidential majority. A result that was beyond doubt for Elisabeth Borne. “The Liot deputies know very well that their text [avait] very little chance of reaching the end of its legislative process. And that if he were to achieve this, he would then be censured by the Constitutional Council”. READ ALSOPensions: what now awaits Liot’s bill
According to her, “some deputies want to take the light and stop at nothing”. And certainly not in front of the obstruction. “What happened this Wednesday in committee is shocking. We left with 89 amendments tabled. This technique […], we knew it throughout the examination of the pension bill, in the Assembly”. And again this Wednesday in committee. “It’s anything but playing the game of democracy,” she continues. “This way of doing things is lying to the French. It is unnecessarily throwing oil on the fire”.
“Some must have misunderstood”
Asked then about his reframing by Emmanuel Macron, and the rumors of departure, Elisabeth Borne recalls that the president “assured him of his confidence […] If he had had something to say to me, he would have said it face to face. Some, obviously, must have misunderstood.
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Despite the difficulties and tensions that have reigned in France since her appointment to Matignon, she is therefore not thinking of resigning. “I have a roadmap and I stick to it”. She thus reaffirms that she has “many projects to carry out, […] on major issues of health, education, green industry, justice…”