the repealing bill presented by LFI faces obstruction from the deputies of the presidential field

For its parliamentary niche, La Francia insoumise (LFI) proposes repealing the 2023 pension reform and restoring the legal retirement age from 64 to 62, on Thursday, November 28, while the prospect of government censure from the Next week is on everyone’s mind. . But this bill, which would have every chance of being adopted with the support of the entire left and the National Rally (RN), runs into obstruction from the presidential camp in the National Assembly, which has presented hundreds of amendments to delay the debates.

This strategy, against which the LFI called for a demonstration in Les Invalides, not far from the National Assembly, was described by the left as “unworthy sabotage” either “thug method”. As of 7:00 p.m., more than 600 amendments still had to be considered, making it unlikely that a vote would be taken before midnight, the closing time for the initiative day.

“Shame on you for being obstructive and stubborn, when 70% of French people continue to oppose your reform”The “rebel” rapporteur of the text, Ugo Bernalicis, was indignant in the chamber. “If they prevent us from voting today, it will be just one more reason to censure them”added the head of the “rebel” deputies, Mathilde Panot.

But at the end of the afternoon, the supporters of the repeal obtained a first symbolic victory: they rejected by 241 votes to 100 the amendments with which their colleagues from the government “base” wanted to empty the text of its substance. This “Hard defeat for the presidential field” prove that“There is a majority in the Assembly and in the country to repeal”congratulated the deputy (LFI) Clémence Guette for X.

More than 700 amendments

The Minister of Budget, Laurent Saint-Martin, noted for his part that these “a few hundred amendments” They were nothing compared to the 19,000 that the left had deposited at the time of the reform examination, in 2023. “It was you who at that moment wanted to block the debates, prevent the votes! » Basically, “The responsibility is not to go back and unravel what has allowed the accounts to be balanced”he insisted. The left wants to open “The floodgates and the machine of illusory promises”lashed out at Labor Minister Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet.

Just before the midday break, deputies had examined – and rejected – a dozen amendments, of the more than 700 that had to be debated, while heated debates alternated with multiple points of order and suspensions of sessions to restore calm. The deputies thus began to debate for almost ten minutes a proposal – finally rejected – aimed at classifying the text of the LFI as “electoral and ideological approach”.

Touraine reform at stake

The repeal proposal, approved without incident last week in committee, resumes not only the 2023 reform, but also that carried out in 2013 by the socialist minister Marisol Touraine, who had increased the contribution period. The socialist group will try to save the Touraine reform through an amendment by its deputy Arthur Delaporte, but will approve the proposal no matter what happens to repeal the age reduction, warned its leader, Boris Vallaud.

Present in the courtroom as her trial ended yesterday, RN leader Marine Le Pen did not speak. The social security financing bill must be put to a vote by deputies on Monday, unless Prime Minister Michel Barnier decides to activate the approval of 49.3 without a vote, which would expose it to a motion of censorship promised by the left and that the National Demonstration threatens to vote.

To try to convince the extreme right to abstain, the head of Government announced the freezing of taxes on electricity as well as the reduction of assistance covered by state medical aid (AME).