“Explain, defend and convince.”
This is the triptych of the government on the reform of pensions and hammered, this Sunday on the set of the Grand Jury RTL-
Le Figaro
, by the Minister of Transport Clément Beaune.
On the eve of the examination of the text in committee at the Assembly,
"the heart of the project"
- the postponement of the retirement age from 62 to 64 years
-
will not
"change"
, assured Clément Beaune.
"No reform before this one has taken so much into account the difference in situations
," he pleaded.
During the parliamentary debate that the executive wants
"fair and serene"
, the text could however be modified at the margin.
"Many amendments are being discussed
," continued the minister, while denouncing
the "parliamentary obstruction"
orchestrated by La France insoumise.
With more than 3000 amendments tabled - 7000 for the Nupes -, the rebellious deputies adopt according to Clément Beaune
"a position of agitation and disorder"
.
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In the viewfinder of the Minister of Transport, these oppositions are also accused of spreading
"a lot of fake news and misinformation".
On a surprise trip to her Calvados constituency, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne also denounced the
“misinformation”
surrounding her bill on Saturday.
“
I hear people who still say today on the far left retirement at 60.
It must be said that it is 85 billion euros of additional debt for the French
”, for his part lambasted Clément Beaune.
But the strategy of
“pedagogy”
deployed by the executive is struggling to bear fruit: 63% of French people continue to support the mobilization against the reform according to the Odoxa-Backbone poll for Le Figaro.
Despite the success of the first day of action on January 19, Clément Beaune felt that the government had not
"lost the battle of public opinion".
"Fortunately, we don't govern according to the polls
," he defended.
A dark day in transport
This broad support of the French for the strikers could, according to him, switch in the event of
"blockages"
, in particular during the February holidays.
"To waste the weekends of departure or return from vacation (...), it is not serious"
, he lamented.
At the dawn of the new day of strike, January 31, the Minister of Transport thus anticipated
“a difficult day in public transport”
with
“strong disturbances”
.
Regardless of the strength of this second mobilization - which aims to once again exceed one million demonstrators - the government will not flinch in the face of the street, said the minister.
"We do not index a reform on this or that mobilization (...), the temptation of the weather vane would lead us to great inconsistency
", he warned.
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