Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne gathered her troops for a surprise cabinet meeting on Sunday after the Senate vote.
A way to prepare for a decisive week, when the National Assembly must speak on Thursday March 16 in a final ballot.
"We don't want 49.3"
, hammered Olivier Véran, sweeping away the hypothesis of a forced passage.
Earlier, the boss of the National Rally (RN), Jordan Bardella, had mentioned
“discussions”
between the oppositions at the Palais Bourbon for a joint motion of censure.
“Our method is to look for agreements.
It is our choice”
, tried to defuse the spokesman of the government.
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With 250 seats, the presidential camp still needs to find around forty extra votes to constitute a majority in the lower house.
“We want to transform our relative majority into an absolute majority on this text
,” explained the government spokesperson.
And to continue:
“We must seek a consensus together.
This is the reason why the Prime Minister asked us to work to support the search for consensus”.
After the vote of the Senate (192 votes for, 112 against), on Saturday, the pension reform has taken
“an important step”
, recalled Olivier Véran.
"We have been able to create the conditions for an agreement with the majority in the Senate with a method that has been proven for several months, listening to political forces, listening to unions, listening to the French",
said thus congratulated the government spokesman.
After a seventh day of mobilization, Saturday, a new demonstration is planned for Wednesday, the day of the passage of the reform in Joint Joint Commission (CMP).
“We will not give up on our reform”
, warned Olivier Véran, with the promise that
“in six months, two million will have a better pension”
.