In the Senate, discussions resumed on Wednesday.
But a lot about the procedure.
Rather than on the merits of pension reform.
Shortly after the questions to the government, the parliamentarians continued the examination of article 7 of the pension reform, after the suspension of the session which took place overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday.
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“When we saw thousands of amendments from the opposition, we considered that we had to fight back
,” says Bruno Retailleau, president of the LR group
.
“But we had anticipated the maneuver of the left… They underestimated us”
, smiles the senator from Vendée.
After 124 successive interventions in the Hemicycle, Tuesday evening, all relating to the abolition of article 7, Bruno Retailleau, with the support of his LR group and the centrists, had demanded the application of article 38 of the Senate .
A first since 2015. It speeds up discussions on an article or an amendment by framing interventions, after the expression of two opposing opinions.
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