Disappointed, even outraged, but not surprised. The unions welcomed the proposed law by La France insoumise (LFI) that repeals the postponement of the legal retirement age to 64, a provision against which they had fought in vain in the first half of 2023. lack of voting on the text on Thursday, November 28 in the National Assembly, therefore constitutes a new disappointment for workers’ organizations, even if they had prepared for such a hypothesis, taking into account the number of amendments presented by the “common base”. This episode, in a battle that has lasted almost two years, worries them for the future, because, according to several worker representatives, it can accentuate discontent from which the extreme right could take advantage.
The CFDT, through its number two, Yvan Ricordeau, “It regrets that, once again, parliamentary debate is being hampered without being able to fully debate the issues of pension reform”. An allusion – in particular – to the chaotic examination, in 2023, of the bill that raises the age to be entitled to a pension to 64 years: the deputies could not decide, through their vote, the age and the text was finally approved. thanks to article 49.3 of the Constitution, which allows adoption without a vote. The central party regrets, therefore, that Thursday’s meeting in the chamber has once again become a fiasco, although it was aware that the direction of the text defended by the Mélenchonistas was emerging as “very complicated”.
“It’s undemocratic”
“I am dismayed by the attitude of the representatives of the government coalition in the National Assemblycontinues Sophie Binet, general secretary of the CGT. They are not fulfilling their mandate, because many of them were elected thanks to the votes of citizens who did not agree with their ideas but who sought to block the extreme right. » The trade unionist, of course, did not expect that these deputies would give their approval to the LFI bill, but, in her opinion, “They should not have prevented a vote that never took place on this pension reform, while all the unions and an overwhelming majority of the population contest it”. “It is undemocratic and risks fueling anti-parliamentarism, to the delight of Marine Le PenShe is outraged. It is very serious and will leave marks. “Politics is not a game.”
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