“It’s a reform that cannot be done around an amendment,” warned François Bayrou in The Parisianpointing to “a real risk” of a motion of censure.
The boss of the MoDem François Bayrou warned Saturday in Le Parisien against everything “forced passage” in terms of pension reform, considering that it could not “to be done around an amendment” in the budget voted in the fall.
“I am opposed to the passage in force. If we embark on this path, then we are sure to first coalesce the oppositions between them, then to divide French society.warned François Bayrou, calling for taking “the time of pedagogy”.
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“A few months should be enough to arrive at a solution”he estimated. “The President of the Republic has said that he wants the reform for the summer of 2023? With this method, with prior joint work, I am convinced that it can be adopted from the summer of 2023”he insisted.
For the past few days, Emmanuel Macron has given a boost to pension reform, which had been interrupted by the Covid during the first five-year term. VS’“is a reform that is needed” because it is necessary to “work longer in a nation where people live longer and enter working life later on average”in particular repeated Thursday the Head of State.
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The executive has indicated that a reform could take place, including via the social security financing bill (PLFSS) presented on September 26 in the Council of Ministers and then examined in Parliament. A track that directs the opposition and divides including within the majority, at a time when Emmanuel Macron launched his “National Council for Refoundation” which must give pride of place to in-depth consultation with political forces, unions and associations.
“The passage in force, it is the opposite of the spirit of the CNR which claims to examine the problems together”, said François Bayrou, appointed head of the CNR. rapid reform, “I believe that this would indeed create a bad climate and would give reason to all those who announce the failure of the CNR”he further pleaded.
“It is a reform that cannot be done through an amendment”continued François Bayrou, pointing to “a real risk” of a motion of censure. “I would add that if the French have the feeling that their voice does not count, we will find ourselves in a climate of extreme tension, with risks of blockage and rapid failure of the period we are living in”he warned again.