The government spokesperson insisted on Wednesday that the pension reform was “necessary” and should come into force “in the summer of 2023”.
Government spokesman Olivier Véran hammered Wednesday that the pension reform was “necessary“and was to come into force”in the summer of 2023“, regardless of how she is engaged, while a dinner around Emmanuel Macron must decide this point on Wednesday evening.
“We have a law enforcement date which is set for summer 2023“, underlined Olivier Véran during a visit to the site of the Souriau company in Chamapagne, near Le Mans (Sarthe). “So whether it’s adopted in November or early 2023, it’s all the same.“, he insisted while the presidential majority is divided on the method to borrow.
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“We always talk about a forced passage”
President Emmanuel Macron, who preferred the path of amending the Social Security budget which will be examined in the fall, decided to bring together the main leaders of the majority around a dinner, with Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, to arrive at a solution acceptable to all. The alternative was until then an ad hoc bill, presented at the beginning of 2023, in order to leave room for the consultation demanded in particular by François Bayrou, historic ally of Emmanuel Macron, who opposes any “forced passage“.
But a third way has emerged in recent days, that of an amending Social Security finance bill (PLFSS) carrying the reform, which would be tabled in January. This budgetary route would have the advantage of allowing easier recourse to Article 49.3 of the Constitution, which allows the adoption of a text without a vote except for a motion of censure, than an ad hoc bill.
“As soon as it is a necessary but difficult reform and therefore contested by a part of the opinion, we always speak of forced passage. It’s always like that but it’s just rhetoric and it doesn’t matter“, retorted Olivier Véran. “The opponents of the reform, who consider in fact that it is necessary to increase taxes or the debt, are not going to change their minds in a few weeks anyway“, he added.
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In the morning, the Minister Delegate for Public Accounts Gabriel Attal had also estimated that the schedule was already “arbitrator» for the summer of 2023. For him, it takes a «vectorto encourage discussion. He laments that there isin the political parties, also in the trade unions, a certain number of representatives who contest the very principle of working longer“. The unions are against an extension of the retirement age. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said the executive would make its decision public.by the end of the week“.
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