The senators completed on Tuesday the examination in committee of the pension reform project which will be debated in the hemicycle from Thursday. The elected officials then have until March 13 at midnight to debate and vote on the text.
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4,720 amendments to the pension reform project have been tabled in the Senate, franceinfo learned on Wednesday March 1 from the upper assembly. The senators will now meet on Thursday afternoon for the kick-off of the debates in the hemicycle. The senators, mostly on the right, completed the committee review of the project on Tuesday. Several amendments were retained, in particular in favor of mothers and the employment of seniors.
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The first reading of the pension reform ended without a vote on Friday, February 17 in the National Assembly, without arriving at article 7 of the reform and its essential measure on the postponement of the legal retirement age. 62 to 64 years old. The deputies had 20 days for this first reading, between committee and hemicycle. These strict deadlines stem from the choice by the government to go through an amending budget of the Social Security
The too many amendments tabled, in particular by La France insoumise, had also been singled out. About 20,000 amendments, including nearly 13,000 LFIs, had been tabled in the National Assembly. On the evening of Friday February 17, the environmental group denounced to AFP “a strategic failure” of La France insoumise on the review of the reform, illustrating differences within the left-wing coalition.
A text examined until March 13 in the Senate
From Thursday March 2, the senators examine the text in the hemicycle. Constrained by the restricted deadlines imposed by article 47.1 of the Constitution (used by the government within the framework of an amending budget for Social Security), elected officials have until March 13 at midnight to debate and vote on the text. Then, place at the Joint Joint Committee (CMP), which brings together seven senators and seven deputies.
The next day of mobilization against the reform, March 7, promises to be very popular and all the SNCF unions are calling for a strike that can be extended from this date.
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