“A majority exists”, repeats Elisabeth Borne to the National Assembly

The “Coue method”? In view of the vote on the pension reform scheduled for Thursday in the National Assembly, the government is counting the votes of the deputies with extreme attention. But “a majority exists” to vote on the text, hammered the Prime Minister, Tuesday, March 14, during the session of questions to the government in the National Assembly.

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Elisabeth Borne resorted to an anaphora in front of the deputies. “In this assembly, a majority exists who believes in work, including the work of seniors. A majority exists who believes in the pay-as-you-go pension system and who wants to guarantee our youth that they will benefit from itshe said. A majority exists which refuses to finance pensions by more taxes, more charges and less pension. A majority exists who believe that those who started working early will have to retire earlier. A majority exists who want to better protect those who have a difficult job.she continued in particular.

The head of government has addressed the right of the National Assembly, which she wants to convince to approve her highly contested project. “You will (…) be led to express yourself on the pension reform. Not on support for the government, but on this project, on this project only”she said.