On November 18, Elisabeth Borne received lunch on the first floor of Matignon. To one of her guests, who evoked the obstacles to be overcome to have the thorny pension reform adopted, she retorted, laconic: “On the contrary, I do not see how it could go badly.” For the Prime Minister, The 62 deputies Les Républicains (LR) – which the executive will need to vote the text – will not be able to approve it, given their past commitments and the positions defended by Valérie Pécresse during the presidential campaign – Report of The retirement age at 65 and revaluation of small pensions -, taken up almost in the same terms by Emmanuel Macron.
It is far from being so simple. If they agree on the principle of a reform -which is part of their political DNA -, the right -wing deputies are divided on its terms. The boss of LR deputies, Olivier Marleix, opposes a postponement of the legal age at 65 years (a “red cloth”) and pleads for a postponement to 63 years by the end of the five -year term. In the government project, considered too “brutal”, he prefers the method of small steps, by giving himself a less ambitious objective (63 years rather than 65), but faster (2027 rather than 2031). His conviction was forged at the Elysée, where he officiated under Nicolas Sarkozy. The deputy of Eure-et-Loire keeps in memory the debates between the president and his Prime Minister François Fillon, in 2010: the latter pleaded to go further (63 years), while the first, concerned with “acceptability social “of the reform, had preferred to stick to 62. This is what the former head of state today recommends to Mr. Macron:” It is better to go to 63 years all following at 65 years in ten years. “
m. Marleix – who does not exclude putting a censorship motion on this reform if the government should have it adopted thanks to 49.3 – defended this position on Tuesday, December 13, during a stormy group meeting. The deputy for the Aurélien Pradié lot reiterated his opposition to any age measure and proposed to play on the number of annuities. Others, like the elected Ardéchois Fabrice Brun, have issued serious reservations concerning unpopular reform, while recalling the need for LR to stay in opposition so as not to give reason to the national gathering, which accuse of being crutches of power. Others, conversely, in particular “constructive” (ready to work more with macronie), deem it inconceivable not to vote the reform.
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