The opposition reacts. The group of deputies Libertés, Indépendants, overseas and territories (Liot), at the origin of the proposal to repeal the retirement at 64, denounced Wednesday June 7 “an unprecedented attack on the rights of Parliament” after the announcement of the President of the Assembly to block the examination of this measure, scheduled for Thursday in the hemicycle. “Under pressure from the executive, the President of the National Assembly therefore [ce] choice”, noted the Liot group, denouncing “a new denial of democracy”. “Our ambition remains the same, to allow a vote of the Assembly on the pension reform, the only condition to appease the country”, they added. Follow our live.
No repeal review. Yaël Braun-Pivet, President of the National Assembly, announced on BFMTV on Wednesday that she would declare inadmissible on Thursday any amendment restoring article 1 of the text of the Liot group aimed at repealing the postponement of the legal retirement age. from 62 to 64 years old. “Tomorrow, whatever happens, there will be no repeal of the pension reform”she said, pointing out “applied[r] the rule, nothing but the rule”, she added.
The Liot Group’s proposal discussed on Thursday. Charles de Courson, the rapporteur of the bill, will table an amendment to reintroduce the repeal of the postponement of the retirement age to 64 years.
Declining mobilization. Some 300,000 people demonstrated in Paris and 900,000 across the country, according to figures from the CGT on the occasion of the 14th day of action against the pension reform, Tuesday. For his part, thehe Paris police headquarters counted 31,000 demonstrators in the capital, while the Interior Ministry counted 281,000 people nationally. The processions had brought together 2.3 million people on May 1, according to the organizers and 782,000 according to the police.