behind the scenes of a political crisis

It’s almost the end of a marathon, or a sprint, it all depends on your point of view. This March 16, the pension reform returns to the Assembly. “I did not think I would have a political moment that would allow me, on an issue like pension reform, to explain what I was committing to“, says Aurélien Pradié, deputy Les Républicains (Lot). But this morning before the Assembly, there is the Senate, where the Minister of Public Accounts comes one last time to discuss the reform. The time for the opening of the session at the Palais Bourbon is approaching, and still no certainty for the government on the number of votes it will have to have the reform adopted.

Two motions of censure

MEPs go through all the scenarios. Those they believe in, as well as those they don’t believe in. Last tool available to deputies to reject the pension reform, the vote of a motion of censure. At Les Républicains, to vote or not, there is debate. Two motions of censure will be tabled. That of the Liot group and that of the National Rally group. Aurélien Pradié will not vote for the motion of the National Rally. On that presented by the Liot group, he did not comment. The protest continued on the streets. Monday, March 20, if one of the two motions is adopted, it will result in the rejection of the text of the law and the resignation of the government.