Europe 1 with AFP
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10:57 a.m., January 10, 2023
During an interview, the president of the group La France insoumise at the National Assembly Mathilde Panot estimated that the opponents of the pension reform, presented Tuesday by the government, left with “a good balance of power”. “I understand that (the government) is a bit scared and they are scared and they are right to be scared,” she added.
The president of the group La France insoumise in the National Assembly Mathilde Panot estimated that the opponents of the pension reform, presented Tuesday by the government, left with “a good balance of power”. “I think we have a good balance of power”, she declared on franceinfo, citing “seven out of ten French people” opposed to the reform according to various opinion polls, facing “a small handful of ministers” .
“After work, the cemetery or misery”
“I understand that (the government) is a bit scared and they are scared and they are right to be scared,” she added. For her, Emmanuel Macron “offers after work, the cemetery or misery”. “Better not to be a woman, better not to be precarious, an unemployed person”, she added, estimating that 65 years old as first envisaged by the government or 64 years old, the starting age which should be finally announced, “it doesn’t change anything basically”.
Asked about the “social” support measures for the reform such as the guarantee of a minimum pension of 1,200 euros for a full career or measures on hardship, she denounced a “coating”. “We are going to give a small dusting which is not at all up to the situation and will never make us swallow a postponement of the retirement age”, she warned.
“We will go to the end”
“There will inevitably be a large-scale movement with fairly classic demonstrations at the call of the trade unions”, recognized the vice-president of the Renaissance group in the Assembly, Marc Ferracci, at the microphone of Europe 1. “It can also be movements a little more spontaneous, a little more autonomous”, he added, ensuring not “to fear things”.
“We have to show that we will go all the way,” added the deputy, member of the Pensions Orientation Council (COR).