Aurélien Pradié cannot remain number 2 of LR if he does not vote for the reform, estimates the boss of the senators of the party, Bruno Retailleau

For the boss of Les Républicains senators, Bruno Retailleau, Aurélien Pradié will have to leave his post as executive vice-president of the party if he does not vote for the pension reform. Asked by the Sunday newspaperSunday, February 12, the senator from Vendée assured that Aurélien Pradié could not remain number two in the party “if he does not vote for the postponement of the legal age”.

Elected deputy for Lot on a line of “popular right”Aurélien Pradié asks for guarantees on long careers, to the chagrin of several LRs, who are worried about the credibility of the Republicans if they prevent the adoption of a reform incorporating many markers from the right. “Being on the right is not being a little less on the left than the left”, says Bruno Retailleau, according to whom “we have to stop the escalation”.

Because “if the government accepted the 43 annuities for all those who started working before the age of 21, on the sole condition that they had contributed one quarter, that would derail the reform”, he adds.

The Senate is preparing to examine the substance of the reform

While the text arrives on February 27 in the Senate, “we have decided (…) to open a maximum of days of debate so that the Senate has time to examine this reform in depth”, continued Bruno Retailleau, who intends to make several proposals, in particular that women who have raised at least three children “have a choice: work until age 64 and benefit from a bonus on their pension, or opt for early retirement at age 63”.

“We will defend a survivor’s pension for orphaned disabled children” And “we also want to shift the age of cancellation of the discount for special diets by two years”.

As for the introduction of a capitalization share, “we will open this debate”, promises the senator.