From the memory of parliamentarians, the subject of pension reform has always been one of the most explosive.
Because it is particularly technical, but also deeply human, as it touches the lives of the French people.
Even today, the magic formula for a text like this to pass without a hitch has not been found.
Some insist on the absolute need for education, others warn about the question of social justice.
Others still play on temporality: the faster a reform arrives in a mandate, the better it will pass with the population.
This is the fruit of the lessons learned over the past few years, during which it was difficult to tackle this ambitious project without generating strong tensions.
A massive movement in 1995
The most striking example dates back to 1995. Elected in May on the theme of the “social fracture”, Jacques Chirac activated his government without waiting.
The "Juppé plan" - named after the prime minister at the time - was announced on 15 November.
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