As it stands, number 2 of Les Républicains refuses to vote for pension reform, despite the concessions made to the right by the government on long careers.
“I have no pact with the government”, underlines Aurélien Pradié, Thursday February 9 on franceinfo, questioned on his position vis-à-vis the pension reform. As it stands, the deputy Les Républicains (LR) of Lot refuses to vote for, despite the concessions made to the right by the government. Latest: those who started working between the ages of 20 and 21 will be able to retire at 63, not 64.
Pension reform: “I have no pact with the government,” says Aurélien Pradié. “I do not give in to any pressure,” adds the secretary general of the Republicans. pic.twitter.com/hQZLz2TNPS
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“Let me not be the little finger on the seam of the pants in a barracks”says the executive vice-president of LR, while figures from his party urged him to fall into line, like the president of the Senate. “If he really feels part of our political family, he must – at some point – make the decision to pass the law”launched Gérard Larcher, Wednesday on France Inter. “Who could put pressure on Les Républicains deputies by reproaching them for not voting for a macronist text?”, replies Aurélien Pradié. “Since when, in a political family, can we consider that the threat makes things happen?”he adds.
Eric Ciotti asks LR deputies to vote for pension reform: “I don’t give in to any threat”, replies Aurélien Pradié. “Let everyone relax”, launches the secretary general of the Republicans. pic.twitter.com/n8lH87iaHv
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At the end of January, at least a third of LR deputies intended to vote against the pension reform, or to abstain, according to a count carried out by France Inter. The government needs the vote of the right, in order to avoid recourse to article 49.3 of the Constitution. It allows the adoption of a text without a vote, except motion of censure. “I want to defend convictions and I even believe that they can be shared by many of my fellow MEPs, because they are convictions that respect work and effort”adds the elected Lotois. “Since when would our political family abandon the idea of defending the hardest working French people?”he says.
Pension reform: Aurélien Pradié, secretary general of the Republicans, wishes “that those who started working at 16, 17 or 18 do not do 44 years but that they do 43 like those who started after 20 years”. pic.twitter.com/pSk0Z89hlf
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“If tomorrow the government tells us that all those who have a long career and started before the age of 21 (…) do not make more than 43 annual contributions, I have said it from the start, I will vote for the text”, he says. The Minister of Labor, Olivier Dussopt, ruled out this possibility, arguing on Public Senate on Wednesday that it would cost “ten billion euros”. The measure would not cost “more than two billion euros”, disputes Aurélien Pradié. “I got it from a note that the government wrote, which I will make public”he promises.