Should the pension reform bill be submitted to a referendum as indicated by the president of the National Rally Jordan Bardella at the microphone of Europe 1 this Sunday? Guest of the Grand Rendez-vous d’Europe 1 / Cnews / Les Echos, the MEP spoke out against a reform that he considers unfair. Faced with “difficult and uncertain times, popular mobilizations in the streets and the risk of blockage”, Jordan Bardella called on the government to submit this bill to a referendum. “We submit it to the opinion of the French people who are mature enough, big enough to understand what is going to happen with this text and to understand that this text will have a direct impact on the way of working, on the longevity of its career,” he said.
“It’s a way to put this text up for debate and come out on top,” he continued, adding that it was also one of the ways to avoid probable future blockages.
The government “is looking for all the remedies to swallow the pill”
“French people from all walks of life, private sector employees and civil servants, took to the streets in large numbers this week. Today in the country there is a majority that is forming against this bill. Even before the adoption of this text, the French are wondering how they are going to do to work until 62 years old, so 64 years old, many French people are aware that this will obviously lead to a reduction in pensions”, indicated the president of the National rally at the microphone of Europe 1.
If Matignon does not intend to move on the main lines of the government project, he said he was ready to enter into negotiations on certain points such as the employment of seniors and possible coercive measures. Does the executive take mobilization into account? “No”, replies Jordan Bardella for whom the government is rather looking for “all the remedies to ensure that the French swallow the pill”. “As usual, with this government, we are in a logic which consists in making work more, in making pay more our most modest compatriots. We have a little the feeling of a form of cynicism on the part of the president of the Republic which systematically attacks the same people”, protested the MEP.
“We have the feeling that Emmanuel Macron wants to depress the country”
Traveling to Barcelona on Thursday for a Franco-Spanish summit, Emmanuel Macron reacted to the large-scale mobilization and recalled that his reform project had been presented to the French during his presidential campaign. Therefore, having been elected, the President of the Republic considers that the French have decided on the question of pension reform.
A statement that annoyed the president of the National Rally. “He said everything and the opposite of everything, a few years ago, in 2019, 2020, Emmanuel Macron explained that the pension system was not bankrupt and that it would be an incredible injustice to ask the most French people modest to work longer”, he assured before continuing. “We have the feeling that Emmanuel Macron wants to depress the country.”
“Nobody questions his election but there were legislative elections. The presidential man was elected last April, but the political project was put in a relative majority during the last legislative elections”, he said. concluded.