Some 73 hours of debate in session are planned in February on the pension reform project in the National Assembly, more than for previous reforms, argued Wednesday Yaël Braun-Pivet, who hopes to be able to go “to the end of the text “.
We have prepared ourselves so that the debate is held in its entirety, assured the President of the National Assembly during her greetings to the press, while the government’s choice to go through a draft amending budget for Security (PLFSSR) is contested.
An amending Social Security financing bill makes it possible to limit the duration of the debates in Parliament, or even to pass the reform by ordinance after 50 days for lack of adoption. I would prefer a vote on this text, euphemized Ms. Braun-Pivet, who would also like to avoid recourse to 49.3.
In first reading, 20 days are allocated to the National Assembly, between examination in committee and in session. If the reform project is not validated within this time, the original text still goes to the Senate.
Nine days of sittings are scheduled from February 6, including the weekend, ie 73 hours of debate, compared to 65 hours in 2010 for the Woerth reform and 45 hours in 2014 for the Touraine reform, underlined Ms. Braun-Pivet.
My aim is for us to get to the end of the text, she said, noting that the only thing that could prevent it would be too many amendments, and calling for there not to be obstruction.
The trend since the beginning of the legislature is the inflation of the number of amendments tabled on the texts of law, which have doubled compared to 2017, which affects the clarity of our debates, she lamented.
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On pensions, the parliamentary debate must allow the text to evolve, pleads Ms. Braun-Pivet. It is an important reform, which presents very good advances. It may be necessary for some to consolidate them, she added, while ideas abound, including within the majority, on hardship, women or even seniors.
As for the demands for a referendum on the reform, made by the Nupes and the RN deputies, the elected Renaissance is not in favor: A referendum is very binary and does not allow us to go into the complexity of the reform.
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