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French President Emmanuel Macron seems to backtrack on suspension of pension reform
French President Emmanuel Macron had appeared to give his Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, 'carte blanche' to suspend his controversial pension reform until the presidential election, But the French president seemed to go back on his word during a speech on October 22, 2025, which infuriated opposition parties who said they do not know who to believe.
A measure defended by former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, the point pension is put on the table by the CFTC while the suspension of the current reform stimulates debate in the National Assembly. A measure that must have long-term effects, his president believes.
For the Head of State, "it is neither the abrogation nor the suspension" of the reform, contrary to what Sébastien Lecornu announced in his general policy speech in order to ensure the leniency of the socialists.
The president gave "carte blanche" to his Prime Minister on pension reform, but the term suspension seems to cause debate between the two men. Are they on the same wavelength, then
A letter of amendment to the PLFSS will be adopted on Thursday in the Council of Ministers, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced before the Assembly. A few hours earlier, Emmanuel Macron had refuted that the executive had acted as a "suspension", seeing it as a mere "lag" in time.
The President of the Republic spoke about the suspension of the pension reform on Tuesday, 21 October, and stressed that it was not a "repeat" but rather a "decalage".
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