What better than a pension reform to forget the bickering? On Wednesday, December 14, the main deputies and senators of the New People’s Ecological and Social Union (Nupes), meeting in the National Assembly, showed a “united front to say no to retirement at 64-65”explained the leader of the French Communist Party (PCF), Fabien Roussel. “We have come together to express our opposition to this counter-reform”continued the “rebellious” Clémentine Autain.
The president of the socialist group at the Palais-Bourbon, Boris Vallaud, followed suit, calling the project “unfair, brutal”. Also present on the stage, the ecologists, through the voice of their group president, Cyrielle Chatelain, noted that“Reform is social progress. There, these are savings ». Mme Chatelain then spoke to the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, who is continuing her consultations after the postponement until January of the presentation of the reform: “Do not pass 49.3 on pensions”, asked the elected representative of the Greens. The conclusion was brought by the deputy La France insoumise (LFI) Alexis Corbière: ” The Nupes will play its full role” in this fight.
This beautiful family photo, however, masks persistent disagreements within the four leftist formations. This is the case with LFI’s project to organize a new march on January 21, 2023, a replica of that of October 16. “against the high cost of living and climate inaction”. This time, the PCF, the ecologists and the Socialist Party (PS) warn that they will not support the “rebellious”. “As of October 17, I said that we would not start the July circus again”says ecologist Hélène Hardy, who followed the meetings between the parties and the unions.
“We are not calling for the January 21 marchslice Igor Zamichiei, coordinator of the national executive committee of the party. The PCF considers that only the inter-union framework can guarantee broad mobilization. » « Something is at stake around the complementarity of actions. This will make it possible to strengthen the mobilization”, defends the “rebellious” deputy Aurélie Trouvou. In addition to the march, the movement will organize tractor-trading, coffee-debates, or meetings against the reform.
Historically, it is the central trade unions that organize social mobilization, independently of political parties. But Jean-Luc Mélenchon sowed discord this summer, wanting to reverse the course of things. Despite the tussle with the central trade unions, LFI had finally succeeded in convincing its Nupes partners.
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