The use of article 49.3 of the Constitution to have the pension reform bill currently being debated in the National Assembly passed without a vote would be " a democratic scandal ", warns PS Mayor of Lille, Martine Aubry.
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" I made laws pass, with thousands of amendments ... ", said Thursday evening on BFM Grand Lille the former Minister of Employment and Solidarity of the Jospin government.
" Using 49.3 on such an important reform, which leads to so many setbacks (...) it would really be a democratic scandal, combined with a social catastrophe ", denounced Martine Aubry, candidate for a fourth term in mayor of Lille.
"We cannot pass on such an important reform like a letter to the post"
" The government must understand that we cannot pass on such an important reform like a letter to the post ," added the former boss of the PS for whom the leftist deputies " do their job " by fighting " step by step to prevent this reform from happening ”.
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With the reform wanted by the government, " which puts down one of the major elements of our social pact ", she said, " no Frenchman knows what he will receive in retirement " and " he simply knows that he will probably touch less "and" work more too ".
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe left open the possibility of resorting to 49.3 on this reform on Tuesday, while the majority denounced the " obstruction " of the left of the left on the text.
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