The government raised the retirement age from 62 to 64 without a vote in parliament. Thousands of protests and clashes with police began in the French capital.
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Born on Thursday, March 16, announced the adoption of the proposed government bill on changes to the pension system, bypassing the vote in parliament. Leaders of several parties intend to vote on the issue of confidence in the government. In Paris, protests began against the pension reform.
The head of government on Thursday addressed the representatives of the National Assembly (lower house of parliament).
“We cannot risk a compromise reached between parliamentary committees. We cannot bet on the future of the pension system, this reform is necessary,” he said. “According to paragraph 3 of article 49 of our constitution, my government takes responsibility for the entire bill on Social Security Financing 2023 as amended by the coordinating committee that was submitted to the National Assembly,” said Born.
He noted that he was not ready to sacrifice the progress achieved following the meeting of the mixed parliamentary commission of the National Assembly and the Senate (upper house of parliament).
The vote in the National Assembly should end several days of debate on the bill proposed by the government on changes to the republic’s pension system. In particular, it provides for an increase in the retirement age to 64 years and eliminates a number of preferential pension regimes. On Thursday morning, the French Senate adopted the final version of the bill by a majority vote.
Meanwhile, leaders of several political parties have announced their intention to put the issue of confidence in the government to a vote. This, in particular, was said by the leader of the parliamentary faction of the National Association Marine Le Pen, the leader of the French Communist Party Fabien Roussel and the chairman of the parliamentary faction of the left party Unsubdued France.
At the same time, the leader of the right-wing Republican party, Eric Ciotti, who previously advocated the adoption of pension reform, said he would not support calls for a declaration of no confidence in the government.
In the evening, a rally against the government’s decision to “force” the adoption of the bill gathered near the National building.
Clashes broke out between protesters and the police. The police used tear gas and water cannons. In turn, the protesters set fire to the barricades and scaffolding.
As reported, last week the French Senate supported the pension reform draft, which includes a gradual increase in the retirement age from 62 to 64 years.
Recall that since March 1, Ukraine has indexed pensions by 19.7% for 10.5 million pensioners. The government also names the average pension after the indexation is completed.
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Source: korrespondent
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