transport and schools disrupted, the CGT promises “a very big day of mobilization”… follow the demonstrations against the pension reform

Within the presidential majority, the President of the ModemFrançois Bayrou, considered that the reform was “improvable” and counted on the parliamentary debate to “enrich it”. Elisabeth Borne “was right to insist on the fact that it must be a reform perceived as fair”continued the president of the MoDem, an ally of Emmanuel Macron.

The rightwho had affirmed that she was ready “to support reform” pensions, said to herself “happy to have been heard” by the government, according to the president of the LR group in the National Assembly, Olivier Marleix. Defender of a popular right, the deputy of Lot Aurélien Pradié wishes, him, that “all those who started working before the age of 21 and in particular at the age of 20” may “to retire even before the legal age, as soon as[ils auront leur] required contribution period”.

The left is opposed to the pension reform project. All the leaders, from the socialists to La France Insoumise via the ecologists, called to join the day of union mobilization on Thursday. The head of deputies “rebellious”Mathilde Panot, considered that Ms.^me terminal was “a declaration of social war”. Denouncing a “brutal and unjust reform”the boss of Europe Ecologie-Les Verts, Marine Tondelier, promised a “National Assembly transformed into ZAD” (area to be defended) and a “street where 49.3 does not exist”. “Just because you had a bitter pill surrounded by honey doesn’t mean the spoon is nice”, summarized the leader of the Socialist deputies in the Assembly, Boris Vallaud. The first secretary of the French Communist Party, Fabien Roussel, for his part criticized a “brutal project”.

At thefar rightthe leader of the National Rally (RN) in the Assembly, Marine Le Pen, has sworn to ” to block “ to a reform “unfair”. RN President Jordan Bardella also warned against “a social war waged against the working classes and the middle classes”. As leader of the first opposition group in the National Assembly, Mr. Bardella promised to “fight to make the voice of the working classes and the silent majority heard”.

Unlike employee unions, the employers expressed its general satisfaction: the Medef welcomed the “pragmatic and responsible decisions” of the executive. He adds that ” for their part, companies will play their role and are ready to mobilize for the employment of seniors”. However, the Medef reiterates that it is “opposed to the principle of a senior index”.