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Pensions: the Assembly inscribes “a decent standard of living” in the text

2020-02-24T05:30:45.654Z


Secretary of State Laurent Pietraszewski proposed to combine "satisfactory" and "worthy" in the formulation of the government amendment.


In a rare moment of agreement on the pension reform, the National Assembly adopted on Sunday a government amendment writing in the text a goal of " decent standard of living " for retirees, after similar proposals from several political sides.

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It is a matter of symbolically inscribing this " objective of guaranteeing a satisfactory and dignified standard of living for retired people " in the general principles of the universal pension system, the subject of article 1 which MEPs are still working on. examine.

Stéphane Le Peu Communist pleaded for the inclusion of the term "worthy" in these goals, arguing that the dignity contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The amendment sought to replace the term " satisfactory " advanced by the government, which it described as a " gaseous concept ". He was supported in particular by Insoumis Eric Coquerel. A similar amendment had been tabled by left-wing walker Martine Wonner. The UDI Thierry Benoît voted for the adoption of the communist amendment, a " fine proposal ".

In a " desire to compromise and speed up our work ", Secretary of State Laurent Pietraszewski proposed to combine " satisfactory " and " worthy " in the formulation of the government amendment. The communist Pierre Dharréville praised " the creativity of the government ", indicating that the communists, " not jealous ", were ready to vote for the government proposal. " A dignified retirement still has another aspect than a simply satisfactory retirement ," he said. The Minister in charge of Relations with the Parliament Marc Fesneau welcomed " the evolution of the debate ", far from the " competition of synonyms which we engaged in " Saturday. He called to move forward in the text, to " give meaning to words ". " Mr. Fesneau, your intervention, except to put the oil on the fire does not seem to me judicious ", regretted the LR Thibault Bazin, asking the Minister to stop " to highlight the obstruction ".

At the end of the afternoon, the deputies adopted two other amendments, presented by the rapporteurs of the text (LREM and MoDem) on behalf of the special committee. The first, of symbolic value, underlines the " solidarity " character of contributions and pension contributions. The second, supported by the left, insists on taking “ productivity gains ” into account when steering the pension system. There were also moments of tension in the afternoon. The majority still reproached the rebellious and the Communists for " blocking " the Assembly with their thousands of amendments, " an anti-parliamentary logorrhea ", according to the rapporteur Nicolas Turquois (MoDem).

" Do you want an opposition that does not oppose? (...) Have a good drink, take a good breath, it will get better afterwards, "reacted Jean-Luc Mélenchon (LFI), criticizing the" authoritarian ", even" totalitarian "temptation of the LREM, while the communist Fabien Roussel accused the majority of wanting to " shave the Assembly ".

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In everyone's mind, after a week of trampling, speculation about a possible government appeal to 49-3, this weapon of the constitution which allows a text to be passed without a vote in the Assembly. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe also dined at the Assembly Sunday evening with the LREM group to discuss this difficult parliamentary debate.

Source: lefigaro

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