US EditionFrench Parliament Adopts Symbolic Resolution to Repeal Pension Reform
- France's National Assembly passed a symbolic resolution urging the reversal of the 2023 pension law that increased the retirement age to 64.
- The resolution followed mass protests and previous reform passage via Article 49.3, which bypassed assembly voting and triggered political tension.
- The resolution was brought forward by the Democratic and Republican Left group, which is led by the Communist Party, and it passed with a vote of 198 to 35, gaining backing from both left-wing factions and far-right parties.
- Stephane Peu remarked that the French have not moved on, citing survey results from Ifop conducted for the CGT, which revealed that about two-thirds of the population favor overturning the reform.
- Although the resolution lacks legal authority, it serves as a formal demonstration of parliamentary dissent and seeks to heighten challenges faced by the government amid ongoing discussions.
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A few days before the end of the work of the "conclave" between the social partners on pension reform, the National Assembly called on Thursday, 5 June, to repeal it in a first symbolic vote in the Chamber, a resolution which has no normative value.
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The text, tabled by the communists and ultra-marines and not legally valid, was widely adopted on Thursday with the support of the whole left and the National Rally.
The social partners remaining at the table of the conclave's negotiations on pensions have begun to enter into the hard of negotiation on Thursday. Targeted compromises seem possible, but at this stage there is still a total blockage on the starting age and contributions.
On Thursday 5 June, in the National Assembly, the deputies adopted a symbolic motion for a resolution calling for the repeal of the 2023 pension reform. The text, carried by Communist Stéphane Peu, received 198 votes in favour and only 35 against. A victory essentially due to the almost total absence of the presidential camp and the centre-right at the time of the vote, but which gives a voice to a protest that the government thought had stifled.
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