If the Prime Minister considers that it is her “responsibility” to implement this unpopular reform, she spoke, Monday, during her wishes to the press, “the possibilities of softening” the text. Without returning to the postponement of the legal age at 64 years.
by Matthieu Goar
Propelled to Matignon with the image of a methodical “techno”, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne tackles a political Everest: passing an unpopular pension reform, under the pressure of the street and with a relative majority . Since the presentation of the text in the Council of Ministers, Monday, January 23, this woman of files finds herself to manage three fronts. The Battle of Opinion has been underway since the fall; The social movement was materialized on January 19, and a new day of mobilization is scheduled for Tuesday, January 31; Macronists are now advancing in parallel on the mines of the Parliament.
With a head of government and a majority on the front line. “My responsibility is to find a path, to hear the French, to explain and convince,” said Elisabeth Borne on Monday, during her vows to the press, reaffirming her objective of leading to a system ‘Balance in 2030, and sweeping the idea of returning to the decline of legal age at 64 years. “We do not prejudge the parliamentary debate open to two conditions amendments: that they do not return to the balance of the system in 2030 and to the fundamentals of the reform,” launched the Minister of Labor earlier, earlier in the day, Olivier Dussopt, at the exit of the Council of Ministers.
Open to a few points while being camped on his positions, M borne assumes the ungrateful part of his function, in particular that of playing the role of shield for Emmanuel Macron. “It is the responsibility of my government, it is my responsibility to ensure the future of this system,” she said on Monday. Eight months after her arrival at the head of the government, she finds herself in front of a major challenge. In the event of blocking or decline, a political crisis would be inevitable, and the host of Matignon would become a fuse.
“There is a lot of creativity in the majority”
In front of the press, M borne was optimistic, recalling that she had managed to find majorities on almost all bills, criticizing the “caricature lovers”. “The reality is that for two texts [the 2023 budget and the social security financing bill], I used 49.3″, she minimized, presenting this outcome as ” inevitable “. Again embarked on a crest line, Matignon thinks that a parliamentary “path” is again possible, a term taken up multiple times on Monday.
While hoping that the Les Républicains group (LR) respects the agreement in principle negotiated by its leaders, Matignon is attentive to each voice. In particular those of the three groups of the majority (Renaissance, Horizons and Modem). This week, the government’s heading has planned informal meetings with Pro-Macron deputies to try to move and avoid any failure in the ranks.
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