a decisive day for the bill

The hour of truth has come for Elisabeth Borne. If the government decides to vote on Thursday March 16 in the National Assembly on the pension reform file, the majority is set at 287 votes. Among the votes against will be the 149 deputies from the left, the 88 from the National Rally and the majority of the 20 independent and overseas deputies. In the morning, Marine Le Pen increased the pressure on the right: “I don’t want to hear LR deputies abstain by saying ‘ah, you see, I didn’t vote for it’. (…) To abstain is to vote for and allow this pension reform exceed.”

Uncertainty remains

To pass its reform, the government is counting on the Republican deputies. But among the 61 right-wing deputies, fifteen of them could vote against. The government’s gesture for long careers, for example, was deemed insufficient for some. Faced with uncertainty, can the executive decide to trigger article 49.3 of the Constitution? In the corridors of the Assembly, the negotiations continue and the suspense remains. In the event of a vote, the result will be played whatever happens on the wire.