“The betting is done on this joint joint commission”, deplores the deputy RN Thomas Ménagé

“The bets are made on this joint parity commission”, deplores Thomas Ménagé, deputy Rassemblement national du Loiret, spokesperson for the group in the Assembly and member of the joint joint committee, Tuesday March 14 on franceinfo. This commission, made up of seven deputies and seven senators, meets on Wednesday March 15 and must reach a compromise text on pension reform.

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“The objective is the vote, since we know that there was an agreement between Les Républicains and the government”believes Thomas Ménagé, who denounces the “folklore” of this committee where “everything will have been negotiated beforehand”. According to him, there is “a democratic problem” in the fact that it is composed of “70% of elected officials in favor of reform even though 70% of French people are against reform”. “This mixed parity commission, unfortunately, does not really represent the opinions of the French people”he observes.

However, the RN deputy promises to maintain his party’s line during this commission by opposing article 7 of the reform, raising the legal retirement age to 64, and “to try to maintain a certain number of advances obtained in the Senate”. He mentions, for example “progress for volunteer firefighters, for mothers, for the reintroduction of chemical risks as a criterion of arduousness”.

It is a question of preventing the government from coming to unravel the little progress obtained in the Senate.

Thomas Ménagé, deputy RN

on franceinfo

Thomas Ménagé also said to himself “favorable” to the proposal by socialist deputy Boris Vallaud to make the Joint Joint Commission public. “We are in favor of what can allow transparency (…) but I think this request is futile even if I support itsays MP RN. I have little hope that the government listens to Parliament.”