For the third time in less than a week, the debate on the repeal of the pension reform is relaunched in a public session in the National Assembly. On Monday, November 4, during the examination of the Social Security financing bill (PLFSS) for 2025, deputies had to review several amendments, supported by the left and the center, which are framed in the desire to eliminate the postponement from 62 to 64 years of age to be entitled to a pension. Initiatives in this regard are multiplying, although for the moment they are not successful, while a clear majority of the elected officials sitting in the Bourbon Palace would like to put an end to the regulations promulgated in mid-April 2023. A difficult battle to follow, Sometimes it is synonymous with a confusing tumult, especially because it sees political forces pursuing the same objective clash.
If the discussions do not lead to a slow race, deputies will examine on Monday almost identical amendments drafted by the four components of the New Popular Front (NFP). Its objective is to rewrite a report that appears in the annex to the PLFSS introducing the idea of repealing the change in the legal retirement age, as well as increasing the contribution period required for a full pension for certain generations, another mechanism. established by the law of April 14, 2023. The modifications in question add that “the financial trajectory of the basic pension plans includes the effects of this repeal”.
Access is located “at the level of principles”confides Eric Coquerel, deputy of France Insoumise (LFI) for Seine-Saint-Denis. If voted on, the provision supported by the left would not, in fact, have any binding legal power, in particular because it conflicts with article 40 of the Constitution, which prohibits parliamentary initiatives that have the effect of creating or increasing a public charge. which would be the case, in this case, since the disappearance of the 64-year rule would entail additional expenses.
“A first step”
These amendments constitute, therefore, a way to continue a political struggle that began more than a year and a half ago. “This is about maintaining a balance of power to show that we are not dismissing this issue.explains Jérôme Guedj, deputy (socialists and related) for Essonne. If we do not achieve our objectives in this legislature or at the end of Emmanuel Macron’s mandate, the elimination of these age measures will be the focus of the next presidential campaign in 2027.” For his part, André Chassaigne, president of the Democratic and Republican Left group in the National Assembly, considers “a first step towards repeal”.
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