Pension reform: the “at the same time” of the National Rally

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The opposition of Marine Le Pen’s party to the pension reform reinforces it among its voters, but can act as a repellent among those who miss it.

By Charles Sapin

Lhe battle would make a winner even before it really began. In difficulty on the front of its unpopular pension reform, the government is accused, by its stubbornness, of blowing in the sails of its main opponent, the National Rally. In a grandstand at World published in mid-January, CNRS researcher Bruno Palier explains that if the rapid economic gain of such a reform is not the subject of debate, its political cost could well be exorbitant. Namely, the accession of Marine Le Pen to power in 2027. To support his point, the political scientist advances an argument in two stages. All the governments that have started a pension reform have seen themselves weakened, even swept away, in the following elections. Hegemonic among the classes…