LIVE – Pensions: before Macron’s arrival in Alsace, the demonstrators repelled by the gendarmes

ALSACE

The gendarmes repelled around a hundred demonstrators who were loudly protesting against Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Alsace, shortly before the arrival of the President of the Republic, as shown by the images of our journalist Marie Chantrait.

PRESIDENTIAL PROGRAM

The return to the field will be at the beginning of the afternoon for Emmanuel Macron. This morning will indeed be devoted to the Council of Ministers at the Élysée. The president will then go to the company Mathis, in Mutterscholtz, specializing in wooden construction and involved in several sites for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, said the Elysée.

The wood sector is particularly involved in the decarbonization of the building sector. And it is “a strategic sector of this reindustrialization of the country supported by the government”, added the presidency.

“I don’t understand why he no longer talks about ecological transition or global warming,” the mayor of Mutterscholtz, Patrick Barbier, told AFP. “A year ago, he had chosen Elisabeth Borne for that, he had even given him ecological planning as his number 1 objective (…). Since then, the poor thing, she has defended a lot of things but not the essential”, he regretted.

LIOT WILL SUBMIT A BILL AGAINST PENSION REFORM

The president of the centrist group Liot in the Assembly, Bertrand Pancher, confirmed with TF1 / LCI his desire to file among the texts of the parliamentary niche of the group a bill to remove the age measure from the pension reform . However, the proposal could also cover the entire reform, although the group wishes to concentrate on Article 7 instead, for fear of obstruction by the majority. “It has to be as short as possible,” said Bertrand Pancher.

In addition, the group will also table a constitutional law proposal to change the methods of appointing the wise men of the Constitutional Council. “The goal would be for it to be validated by 2/3 of parliamentarians and on the basis of legal skills” to prevent the Constitutional Council from “doing politics”, judged the president of the LIOT group.

A text on the blank vote and another allowing the RIP to be validated with one million signatures rather than 4.8 million will also be tabled. Nevertheless, the parliamentary niche of the group lasting only one day, all these texts will probably not all be debated in the National Assembly.

PENSION FUNDS OVERWHELMED WITH DEMANDS

The pension reform will come into force on September 1, so many future retirees for whom the rules of the game will change are looking for information.

A PROPOSAL TO REPEAL THE LAW

Against the pension reform, some parliamentarians want to continue to mobilize. This is particularly the case of the centrist group Liot, which is “seriously considering” putting on the agenda of the National Assembly a bill to repeal the pension reform. Details in the article below.

RALLY AGAINST THE REFORM IN SAINT-DENIS

A rally in Saint-Denis, in Seine-Saint-Denis, took place last night against the pension reform and the president, who came to attend a concert. 300 people gathered, including the deputy for the constituency, the elected representative of rebellious France Eric Coquerel.

“People want to express their anger towards Emmanuel Macron, his policy and his method. Wherever he goes in the country, he must expect this return” , he said at the microphone of LCI.

VISIT OF EMMANUEL MACRON IN ALSACE

Emmanuel Macron wants to resume direct contact with the French after three months of pension crisis. He will travel today to Alsace, in the Bas-Rhin, to visit a factory in the small town of Muttersholtz. A way to celebrate the reindustrialization efforts of his government.

But once again he is expected to be greeted by hostile protesters. The inter-union has already called in a press release for a rally at noon in the Alsatian locality and asked the demonstrators to bring pans or lids to “be heard better” and show that “the pensions page is far to be turned”.

A second presidential trip is planned, tomorrow, in Hérault this time, to talk about education.

GOOD MORNING

Hello and welcome to this live devoted to political news, marked by attempts by the executive to revive itself now that the pension reform law has been enacted.