The government wants a united bloc behind it.
Invited on Europe 1 this Tuesday morning, the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, insisted on the importance for the majority of speaking out in favor of the pension reform.
“
It is about the political identity
” of the group, he even declared, calling on all its members to “
unite
”.
It's because the reluctant continue to make their voices heard.
At the same time, the deputy of the majority Patrick Vignal was the guest of France Info to recall once again his hesitations.
Formerly a socialist, and became a macronist in 2017, the elected representative of Hérault even said: “
If I vote against, I will leave the text.
This is his way of taking responsibility, when he does not consider he can support the text as it stands, but he nevertheless recognizes that he owes his election "
to Emmanuel Macron
".
“
If he hadn't won, I wouldn't be a parliamentarian
,” he admitted.
By specifying not wanting to replay "
the majority of François Hollande with 80 slingers
", which he has at the
".
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For her part, Barbara Pompili was also questioned at the microphone of RFI on her positioning.
She who was one of the first to communicate on her reservations, the former minister claimed to have had "
a lot of relations with the government
" and "
the direction of the group
".
With the deputies of In Common!, her micro-party founded in 2020, the elected representative claims to have "
proposed amendments which, (she) hopes, will make it possible to improve the text
".
"
The idea is not to be against to be against
," she continued.
The idea is not to block - I'm in the majority.
But the text as it stands today does not seem balanced enough to be voted on as it stands.
So we make proposals, we discuss.
“The former minister also warned the executive, recalling that”
we need to have the population with us when we want to make a good reform.
“
On that, we see that there is still work to do
,” she underlined.
Requiring not only “
explanation
”, but also “
real work on the fact that this reform is a socially just reform.
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