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Pension reform: "We found that the account was not there", deplores Élisabeth Borne

2023-03-16T20:25:17.692Z


After triggering the constitutional weapon of 49-3 in the Assembly on pension reform, the Prime Minister insisted on explaining her choice, Thursday evening, at 8 p.m. on TF1.


On a ridge line.

Guest of 8 p.m. on TF1 this Thursday evening, a few hours after having engaged the responsibility of her government in the National Assembly on the pension reform, Élisabeth Borne wanted to explain the use of 49-3 while blaming a part of the opposition.

Until the last minute, with my ministers, we did everything we could to bring together a majority on this text.

With the President of the Republic, we wanted to go to the vote

”, began the Prime Minister to better justify her choice.

The opportunity to castigate the "

personal cards

" of certain LR parliamentarians who have not followed the direction of their party, "

in contradiction with what Les Républicains have been carrying for several years, and also in contradiction for some with what they even proposed a few months ago.

“Alongside the President of the Republic and the partners of the majority, Élisabeth Borne has also chained crisis meetings all morning at the Élysée.

"

We found that the account was not there

," lamented the head of government the day after the agreement reached between deputies and senators in the joint committee (CMP).

Read also Pensions: Republicans welcome the 49.3 decision as a “failure”

The Prime Minister also said she was

“very shocked”

by the very noisy protests of the opposition during her speech in the National Assembly.

“Parliament, the National Assembly, is the place for debate.

If we don't want to listen to each other, that reflects the fact that a certain number of groups do not respect our institutions (…) Chaos, disorder, it is the modest French who pay the consequences, "he said

. -she adds.

After days of procrastination and negotiations with the opposition behind the scenes, Emmanuel Macron finally had to come to terms with it.

And instructed its Prime Minister to activate Article 49-3 of the Constitution on a pension reform already much criticized in public opinion.

A political act far from trivial which was deemed

“necessary”

by Élisabeth Borne during her speech before the national representation.

And who could reactivate, to the chagrin of the executive, the social protest of the unions and the French against the government bill.

The Intersyndicale has also called on opponents of the reform to mobilize again on Thursday, March 23.

Source: lefigaro

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