He persists and signs. The LR deputy for Lot Aurélien Pradié maintained his opposition to the pension reform this Thursday morning, in the current state of the text. According to him, it does not sufficiently protect workers who have completed long careers.
“I am absolutely consistent, I will vote for the reform provided that all those who started working early leave earlier and do not make more than 43 annual contributions, supported the one who is also number 2 of the Republicans, invited on franceinfo. Who can tell me that it is right for someone to do an extra year starting at 16 or 17? “, he wondered, faced with the possibility that people who started before 18 years contribute 44 years.
Asked about his party’s proposals, which Elisabeth Borne accepted, he insisted on going further. “I wish that anyone who started before the age of 21 would not be penalized. People who started at 16/17/18 years old, that’s where there are the most people! he asserted. “I have always said that long careers are essential. Those who started working early must leave early. »
On the cost of such a measure, the deputy of Lot explained that he “required an impact study”: “I affirm that the measure does not cost more than 2 billion euros”, he claimed on franceinfo, explaining to rely on “a note from the government”, when the latter had quantified this at 10 billion euros.
“If the right is there today, it is because it has lost the people”
The executive vice-president of the Republicans did not hesitate to be quite critical of his political family, and does not feel obliged to vote like his fellow deputies: “I am first and foremost a deputy for my fellow citizens, I do not give in to no ultimatum. My beliefs respect work and effort. Since when would our political family abandon working French people? he questioned, after pointing out that Eric Ciotti had “signed no pact with the government”.
“I have always fought for my political family to reconnect with this social justice. I know who I am fighting for. If the right is there today, it is because it has lost the people, ”he claimed, while he is the target of numerous internal criticisms.
While it is still impossible to know the exact number of LR deputies ready to vote for the text of the presidential majority, Aurélien Pradié was surprised at the “threats” heard. “Who can put pressure on the LRs by reproaching them for not voting for a macronist text? I assume the showdown. It’s good that we have voices that are different from each other, ”concluded the deputy LR from Lot, who does not intend to leave the party or shake up his convictions.