With Reuters.
During a morning of debates under high tension, the deputies voted this Friday noon the progressive extension of most special pension schemes, included in article 1 of the pension reform.
The measure, adopted by 181 votes to 163, is the first contested device of the government to be voted after a week of discussions in the Hemicycle, and the examination of hundreds of amendments.
The end of the special regimes thus voted concerns only the main ones: those of the RATP, employees of the electricity and gas industries, the Banque de France, clerks and employees of notaries, and the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE) . Some regimes are for the time being retained, such as those of the Paris Opera, the Comédie Française, the Mines or even the Sailors.
Article 1 of the #PensionReform adopted. 5 special regimes abolished: RATP, electric gas, Banque France, CESE. We defend equality While the NUPES and the RN defend rents and corporatism. pic.twitter.com/VQL4m9t4iw — Guillaume Kasbarian (@guillaumekasba), through Twitter
Electric atmosphere in the Hemicycle
The rapporteur of the text, the Renaissance deputy Stéphanie Ritz defended a measure ” equity “, which puts an end to a representative cost for the French ” 1.8 billion euros every year “.
In an electric atmosphere, the RN deputies as well as those of the majority launched numerous spades against the Nupes, and in particular La France Insoumise, accused of obstructing the discussions by tabling thousands of amendments, many being identical.
The Minister of Labor, Olivier Dussopt, joined in these criticisms, visibly scalded by a tweet from LFI deputy Thomas Portes, published yesterday, in which his portrait appears on a football at the feet of the elected official:
Minister @olivierdussopt remove your #PensionReform pic.twitter.com/PXvgydps9i —Thomas Portes (@Doors_Thomas), through Twitter
Work in session resumes this afternoon for a last session before the weekend, and on the eve of a fourth day of mobilization of trade unions.
In front of the press on the night of Thursday to Friday in Brussels, President Emmanuel Macron called on the dissatisfied to keep their ” spirit of responsibility ” so that ” disagreements can be expressed, but calmly, with respect for property and people, and with a desire not to block the life of the rest of the country “.
About 19,000 amendments remain to be examined. This Friday afternoon will begin with the examination of article 2, providing for the establishment of a “senior index” in companies with at least 300 employees, from 2024. But article 7, which plans to raise the legal retirement age to 64, remains the most anticipated motion.