On the sixth day of debates still in slow motion on the pension reform in the Assembly, the deputies adopted Saturday, February 22 with the applause of the majority a first amendment to emphasize the role of family carers.
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Declined identically by deputies from various quarters, the amendment adds to the general principles of the reform the consideration of carers in the solidarity objectives of the "universal" retirement system. Secretary of State Laurent Pietraszewski said he was in favor of it, like co-rapporteur Nicolas Turquois (MoDem), elected officials welcoming "a great moment of consensus".
The amendment, which had already had the green light in a special committee before, was adopted unanimously by 105 votes, to the standing applause of the majority and certain LRs. "Thank you for this enthusiasm," said Sylvain Waserman (MoDem) to the roost.
Engaged in an "infernal ping-pong game" since Monday, in the words of a centrist elected official, the deputies were still examining article 1, with nearly 35,000 amendments to debate in total on the project of law.
Faced with the persistent blockage, opposition leaders including the rebellious Jean-Luc Mélenchon proposed to review the organization of the debates and move on to another article. But the majority, "not fooled", rather invited LFI and PCF to withdraw their slew of amendments.
"Frankly, if you wanted us to really go to the substantive titles (...), well let's go, withdraw your sub-amendments once and for all and move forward," launched the chair of the special committee Brigitte Bourguignon (LREM).
The general rapporteur Guillaume Gouffier Cha (LREM) also refused to debate the text "a bit like you want, like at the bar". "You seem to realize the limits of the exercise that you have been practicing for six days," observed the minister in charge of Relations with the Parliament Marc Fesneau, opposing the idea of reorganizing the debates "as and when measure ”while the text is“ organized into titles, articles ”.
At the perch, Sylvain Waserman concluded that the option had been "clearly closed in a clean manner".
While the majority already refers responsibility for a possible 49-3 to the left of the left, Sébastien Jumel (PCF) ruled that "after this episode", she "can no longer rely on anything for not wearing the responsibility of 49-3 ”.