Under pressure from the government and the opposition, the coalition of the New Popular, Ecological and Social Union (Nupes) announced on the evening of Monday, February 13, to withdraw "a thousand amendments" to advance in the examination of the reform of the retreats. After this announcement, MPs still had more than 14,000 amendments to consider.
In the evening, the Green deputies were the first to make it known through the voice of Sandrine Rousseau wanting to "withdraw amendments" to "move forward" in the examination of the text. An announcement made shortly after a new incident on the benches of the Hemicycle, which slowed down the discussions.
At the start of the evening, the deputy La France insoumise (LFI) Aurélien Saintoul accused the Minister of Labor, Olivier Dussopt, of being an "impostor" and an "assassin", immediately causing a suspension of the session and attracting disapproval of all the benches of the Assembly. Back in the Hemicycle, after having seen his remarks unanimously condemned, the elected official presented his apologies to the Minister, who accepted them, and was sanctioned with a call to order with registration for the trial- verbal. This incident comes a week after another "rebellious" MP, Thomas Portes, was sanctioned by a fortnight's exclusion from the Assembly following a photo posted on Twitter where he was acting. the foot placed on a ball with the effigy of Mr. Dussopt.
The two episodes thus fuel the trial of the majority and the opposition against LFI, both in the tone that its deputies use in the Hemicycle and in their parliamentary method.
On Monday, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne had asked in an interview with Agence France-Presse for the "withdrawal of the amendments which have no other purpose than to obstruct and delay" the examination of the draft reform, as well as the end of the "invectives". While the debates are due to end Friday evening in the Hemicycle, the Prime Minister believed that "the French deserve better" and that "many of the amendments are there simply to prevent the debate from moving forward".
“We really want there to be a democratic debate on this text, that we can discuss argument against argument, project against project. »
The strategy of LFI also criticized by the unions
Before her, no less than four ministers have thus stepped up to the plate against the "systematic obstruction" of LFI on the pension file.
"Today, La France insoumise is an obstacle to the healthy, clear democratic debate that our compatriots are entitled to have on pension reform", assured the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire on RTL. Olivier Dussopt, invited him on Franceinfo, Monday morning, had added: “We are facing a systematic obstruction of the coalition around La France insoumise. »
On Sunday, the secretary general of the French Democratic Confederation of Labor (CFDT), Laurent Berger, also denounced on RTL the "bullshit" of the obstruction, targeting LFI, at the origin of the majority of the amendments tabled. He also lamented the "lamentable spectacle" in the Assembly, which has "nothing to do with the dignity of the street movement". "We want there to be a vote on article 7", abounded, Monday, on BFM-TV, the leader of the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), Philippe Martinez, so that "each deputy can express" on extending the retirement age to 64.
