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Pensions: Ruffin for a referendum because "the mandate at stake" is that of Macron

2022-10-02T11:07:03.151Z


LFI deputy François Ruffin spoke out on Sunday, October 2 for a referendum on pension reform, believing that "the mandate which is in ...


LFI deputy François Ruffin spoke out on Sunday, October 2 for a referendum on pension reform, believing that "

the mandate that is at stake

" is "

that of the President of the Republic

".

"

I have no problem going to the campaign again, I like it

," replied François Ruffin, when asked about a dissolution of the National Assembly mentioned this week by Emmanuel Macron in the event of censorship by his government in the election. 'Assembly.

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On the other hand, the mandate that is at stake today, for me, is not the mandate of the deputies, it is the mandate of the President of the Republic.

It is his reform, which he wants to pass at all costs.

So it is his mandate that raises questions

, ”continued the deputy from the Somme.

“Need for calm”

I am in favor, if he wants to force through his pension reform, that it goes through a referendum.

And that, like Charles de Gaulle, he respects the opinion of the French people.

And if it is + no + to his pension reform, it is he who must put his mandate back into play, it is not the deputies

, ”said François Ruffin.

Today, the country needs appeasement, serenity and that is not what Emmanuel Macron brings

”.

When we behave like that, when we make reforms against the people, without the people, in the end we produce a wear and tear on democracy.

And me, I say it, in the long term, I am very worried for my country, for the unity of my country if it continues to mistreat it and to mistreat it like that

”, judged the deputy Insoumis.

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The national secretary of the Communist Party (PCF) Fabien Roussel also wanted this week that the French be "

consulted by referendum

" on the pension reform.

This week, the executive decided to temporize on this reform, a major axis of Emmanuel Macron's re-election campaign, by reopening a cycle of consultations for the adoption of a bill "

before the end of winter

“, while part of the majority, including the president of the MoDem François Bayrou, opposed a rapid reform via an amendment to the Social Security Budget.

Source: lefigaro

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