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The French Senate approved the controversial bill late this Saturday pension reform promoted by the government of Emmanuel Macron, despite strong popular discontent, which has experienced a new chapter today with the seventh day of national mobilizations called by the unions.
The text, which was negotiated under an expedited procedure initiated by the executive branch to avoid numerous amendments made by the opposition to hinder debate, received the support of 195 senators and 112 votes against.
The government’s initial reaction to the decision was quick to welcome, and just minutes after the vote, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Born celebrated a “decisive step” towards reform that “guarantees the future” of French pensions.
“Fully prepared to allow final adoption in the next few days,” Bourne tweeted.
The Macronist bloc benefited from the pro-conservative stance of the Republicans, whose leader Bruno Retaio defended pension system reform as something mandatory to save it from the “demographic shock” that will mean the evolution of the population in the coming years.
“The main act of solidarity is to guarantee the balance of the system,” French Labor Minister Olivier Dussaud previously defended in the Senate.
“Black day for all employees”
In the opposite camp, Socialist Senator Monique Luben assured in her last turn that this Saturday will remain “a black day for all wage workers” in the country.
The text of the pension reform will be discussed on the 15th in a mixed joint commission to agree on a common version, which then must be approved, starting March 16, by both chambers.
In the National Assembly, which previously failed to vote on the entire bill on first reading, the vote is expected to be tight.
The earliest final vote will be possible on the same day, and the maximum period will be until March 26, at the end of the day.
The main axis of the reform being promoted by Macron is to delay the minimum retirement age by two years, from the current 62 to 64.
The government defends the change as the only possible way to guarantee the financial balance of the system by 2030, as it estimates that if nothing is done, a deficit of around 150,000 million euros will accumulate in ten years.
The debate took place this Saturday, while thousands of French people took to the streets to protest against the reform, which is called for by all trade unions, which categorically reject this reform.
It was the seventh day of mobilization since the executive branch revealed details of the project last January, and there has been less follow-up than on other occasions.
Despite this, union leaders assured that French opposition to the reform was “more than absolute” – polls show that the vast majority of citizens are against it – and called on the president to convene consultations.
The following Wednesday, coinciding with the consideration of the Joint Joint Commission, the unions have already called for a new day of mobilization.
(EFE)
Source: RPP
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