“
I hope that the Senate can enrich
” the text on the pension reform “
with what seems useful to it
”, said Emmanuel Macron on Saturday, two days before the examination of the bill by the upper house.
“
I saw (that) the Senate wanted to get things done on family policy and women's rights.
I think that the government will approach (this debate) with openness and the will to engage in order to build a majority behind this text
, ”continued the Head of State, on the sidelines of a visit to the Salon de l 'agriculture.
He also pointed out that the Senate, with a majority on the right, had in the past "
several times brought reforms which were quite close to that of today
".
End of media discretion
The text on the pension reform must be examined from Tuesday by the senators, ten days after heated debates in the Assembly which could not be completed.
The President of the Republic, who spoke on the sidelines of a visit to the Paris Agricultural Show, put an end to the media discretion observed since the beginning of the debates on the reform.
He defended his project at length, all day Saturday, to the many onlookers who questioned him on the subject, sometimes in a lively way.
"
I did not find anger among our compatriots
", he however assured, saying to perceive "
concern
".
“
This is also what is expressed in the demonstrations on pensions: when we listen to people, it is not retirement, the subject.
It's the work and the working conditions
", continued Emmanuel Macron, considering that "
many people who demonstrate, it's the prospect of their career, it's" does my job pay me enough or not?"
".
“
There is a feeling of injustice
”, he still considered.