Deputy Charles de Courson (Liot group) called on Monday at the rostrum of the Assembly for the vote of a cross-partisan motion of censure to oppose a “denial of democracy” and “injustices”, and thus reject the reform retirements.
Elisabeth Borne has engaged the responsibility of her government by 49.3 to have this highly disputed text adopted without a vote.
The postponement of the retirement age from 62 to 64 “crystallizes the tensions, concerns and anger of our fellow citizens”, underlined Mr. de Courson.
“This pension reform project has no democratic legitimacy”, estimated the elected representative of Marne, after an election of Emmanuel Macron last year “in the second round by default”.
And “you failed to gather, failed to convince”, he launched to the Prime Minister.
“The National Assembly, the sole representative of the French people, will never have voted on this bill” and “the government has used all possible maneuvers to circumvent and constrain the parliamentary debate, to twist the procedures”, a- he still lamented.
The “expected savings” are “essentially carried by the most modest” and “you do not ensure the balance of the pension system either”, still judged Mr. de Courson.
“So that in the end we wonder: all that for that? “, he asked again, before his microphone was cut off, his speaking time having expired.
A motion of censure was also tabled by the RN group which denounced, through the voice of the deputy Laure Lavalette, the “slump” and “the stalemate” of the executive on this reform.
But the Liot motion (Liberties, Independents, Overseas and Territories), co-signed by deputies from Nupes, has a better chance of being voted on by right-wing elected officials unfavorable to pension reform.
However, the bar of the absolute majority of 287 votes, necessary to overthrow the government, will be difficult to achieve.