The day after a day of major mobilization, the Senate adopted Tuesday evening Article 7 of the pension reform, “an essential step”, taken during “a clear debate”, welcomed this Thursday morning Gérard Larcher on Europe 1.
“No pension reform since 1993 has been done without having a part extremely against”, recognized the boss of the upper house of Parliament, while the president of the group Les Républicains, Bruno Retailleau asked for recourse to the article 38 of the internal rules of the Senate which allows to shorten the debates.
The vote was won by 201 votes against 115. “We were on the article which is the heart of the reform reactor, the postponement to 64 years, the gradual increase in the number of annuities to 43 years”, s’ the senator is delighted. According to him, the measure makes it possible to “save the pay-as-you-go pension system”.
“Thank you to all the senators who supported this reform”, launches Dussopt
Gérard Larcher assured that the debates would come to an end: “I think it is in the interest of both the senatorial majority and the senatorial oppositions”. According to him “extremely important subjects” remain to be debated, such as “long careers, gradual retirement, the subject of women (…), the hardship and old-age insurance for family caregivers”.
“This article, by its adoption, makes it possible to guarantee the financial balance of the system”, underlined Wednesday evening Olivier Dussopt, Minister of Labor, questioned on Public Sénat: “We discussed the substance and it is a big difference, unfortunately , with the debate as it took place in the National Assembly (…) Thank you to all the senators who took part in the debate and who supported this reform: from the right and from the centre”.
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Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne also “delighted” with this vote in the evening on Twitter, again praising “a balanced and fair reform”.