French Senate votes to raise retirement age
- March 9, 2023
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The French Senate this Wednesday approved a key article of the draft pension reform, which raising the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64 years. French legislators have
The French Senate this Wednesday approved a key article of the draft pension reform, which raising the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64 years.
French legislators have given the go-ahead to Article 7, which pushes back the retirement age, from 201 votes for and 115 votes against, according to the network BFMTV.
It should be noted in detail that vote against were mostly groups of socialists, communists and environmentalistsaccording to the review of the Upper House.
In statements to the aforementioned TV channel, French Labor Minister Olivier Dusseau assessed that the approval of this article by the Senate is “Voice of Responsibility”while emphasizing the “very large” majority and criticizing the behavior of the left, which he characterized as “let“.
“This is, first of all, the vote of the Senate on responsibility. (..) We have disagreements, we have discussions with the Senate, that’s fine, but on the question of age, on the answers to be given to the structural deficit, we can gradually increase the retirement ageDussopt said.
However, before the end of the week, legislators must consider and approve the entire bill, which includes revaluation of pensions up to 85 percent of the minimum interprofessional wage, about 1200 euros net.
The protests will continue
Trade unions continue to exist in France with their demonstrations against pension reform promoted by Emmanuel Macron’s government, suggesting that Senate approval of the retirement age deferral Nothing changes in the determination of those who continue to believe that this A unfair project.
Trade unions set for Saturday 11 March and the next day 15 next two days of protests although the strikes that began earlier this week were still being felt this Thursday in key sectors such as transport. Train traffic has declined, and airports have flight cancellations of 20 to 30 percent. information about France
This was stated by Secretary General of the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) Philippe Martinez. downplayed the approval Senators to Article 7.
Martinez essentially warned that Citizens’ unrest will intensify if the executive branch does not consider its proposal and especially warned of the consequences that the government could have if it tried to speed up the approval of the text in the National Assembly resorting to Article 49.3 of the Constitution, which has been repeatedly used for other controversial projects.
Reform the main opposition groups don’t like it either, although leaders like the far-right Marine Le Pen still hope the project will be blocked by the National Assembly, where Macron and his partners do not have a majority
(Information Europe Press)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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