The controversy continues to swell. The Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire said he could not rule out a possible use of 49.3 for the pension reform. Since then, the opposition from LR to LFI has been unanimously indignant at this statement.
“I can’t give this guarantee, I don’t want it, that’s for sure. I have always said that this reform should be the subject of as much discussion and dialogue as possible with the hope of reaching a compromise, ”said the minister on France Info.
Mélenchon wants to prevent it by becoming “Prime Minister”
The head of LFI Jean-Luc Mélenchon, ex-presidential candidate, reacted immediately: “Macron barely re-elected, he already wants to go through 49.3 retirement at 65 years old. A detail: only the Prime Minister triggers the 49.3”.
“To prevent it, therefore, a solution: the Popular Union in Matignon! “, launched in a tweet Jean-Luc Mélenchon, favorable to retirement at 60 and who, with his 22% of the votes in the first round, urges since the French to “elect Prime Minister” in the legislative elections.
“A 49.3 by the ballot box”
“The majority of French people who do not want to retire at 65 can resort to 12/06 and 19/06! “, by voting LFI for the two rounds of the legislative elections, tweeted the number two of the Insoumis, Adrien Quatennens.
The leader of the Communists Fabien Roussel, also a former presidential candidate, for his part tweeted: “On June 12 and 19, let’s give him a 49.3 by the ballot box in the legislative elections”.
“An authoritarian leader”
For the deputy of the National Rally Bruno Bilde, this project symbolizes “authoritarianism on the move”. MEP RN Hélène Laporte judged that “in the face of the planned social breakdown of our country, the next legislative elections will be crucial”.
“Do not leave full powers to Emmanuel Macron”, who is “an authoritarian leader”, launched the acting president of RN Jordan Bardella on Monday in view of the legislative elections. At Les Républicains, MP Pierre-Henri Dumont assured that “the LR deputies will be there to vote for the motion of censure which goes with 49.3”. His colleague Olivier Marleix said that “if Emmanuel Macron does not have a majority in the legislative elections, he will be obliged to do a minimum of consultation”.
“Disregard for Parliament”
Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, boss of Debout la France, lamented that “from the first minute of the mandate, Emmanuel Macron shows his contempt for Parliament”. Emmanuel Macron wants to “shift the legal age” of retirement “by 4 months a year” to bring it “in 2031 to 65 years”, with a device for “long careers” and another for “difficulty”.
The recourse to article 49, paragraph 3 of the Constitution, allows the Prime Minister to engage his responsibility on a text of law, and to make it adopt without vote of the Parliament.