The president of the Republicans Éric Ciotti assured Tuesday that his party would be “at the rendezvous of its responsibilities” on the pension reform, contested by some of the deputies of his own camp. “The right that we embody will always meet its responsibilities,” said Éric Ciotti during his wishes to the right-wing party LR, referring to a pension reform “whose imperious need we measure” and “whose we wanted to tone down the brutality.”
Aurélien Pradié absent from Eric Ciotti’s wishes
Earlier in the day the boss of the deputies Les Républicains Olivier Marleix said he was convinced that his group would bring “converging proposals” on the reform. For the past few days, some LR deputies have been threatening not to vote for a text that they consider unfair for the most modest or those who started working early. “We are at the start of the parliamentary debate, I have always recalled our concern for consistency and our spirit of responsibility”, Éric Ciotti told journalists.
The great figures of the party, from Laurent Wauquiez to Gérard Larcher via Bruno Retailleau, had made the trip to headquarters for these wishes. However, Aurélien Pradié, an unsuccessful candidate for the presidency of LR who became vice-president in the organization chart, was missing due to “an obligation to the Assembly” according to Éric Ciotti.
Pension reform at the center of discussions
Shortly before the start of the meeting, the deputy for Lot, at the forefront of the challenge to the text, had tweeted his doubts: “The more the weeks pass, the more the French will measure the massive injustices of the current pension reform”. “Without justice, no reform”, he warned.
The more the weeks pass, the more the French will measure the massive injustices of the current pension reform. Women, mothers, those who started working at age 20, or before age 20 without 5 validated quarters. The workers.
Without justice, no reform.
— Aurelien Pradie (@AurelienPradie) January 24, 2023
“What Aurélien Pradié wears is important in the debate on pensions”, in particular on “long careers”, assured Eric Ciotti, ensuring to exchange “constantly” with him.
“We are still working on proposals,” he added, referring to “the situation of women with troubled careers” and “long careers” where “there are improvements to be made”, but also “a major policy of the family”, “the employment of seniors”, “the combination of employment and pensions”. “We will work calmly,” assured Eric Ciotti, calling for “no doubts about the unity of our groups in the Senate and the National Assembly, and the position that our family will carry, of responsibility”.