Jacques Serais
While 3.5 million people according to the CGT marched on Tuesday against the pension reform, 1.3 million according to the police, the government wants to stay its course. The Élysée turns a deaf ear, “this day of March 7 was not a tipping point”, judges a minister. And in this last straight line, the deputies of the majority are getting organized.
The executive facing the street. The day after the day of mobilization against the pension reform, the inter-union now wants to be received urgently by Emmanuel Macron. But the battle is not over and the government wants to stay the course. Despite a record mobilization, “this day of March 7 was not a tipping point”, judges a minister, which is one more reason not to give in. When the trade unions ask Tuesday evening to be received urgently by Emmanuel Macron, the Elysée turns a deaf ear.
The deputies organize themselves for the return of the text
And in this home stretch, while the text will return to the Assembly next week, the deputies of the majority are getting organized. The pressure is put on the Renaissance parliamentarians so that no voice is missing. The instructions leave you wondering: whoever votes against the reform or abstains will be excluded from the presidential party group.
Is this the sign of a certain feverishness or the illustration of Macronie’s determination to go all the way? Still, the arms of honor of the Minister of Justice Éric Dupond-Moretti addressed in the hemicycle to the boss of the Republican deputies Olivier Marleix come to sow trouble. Next week, the executive will need the voices of the LRs to hope to have its reform adopted.