left-wing senators accuse government of ‘devitalizing’ parliament with use of blocked vote

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12:29 : France Bleu Armorique reports that the CGT has cut the power on the side of the commercial area of ​​Langueux, in the Côtes d’Armor. Enedis technicians are on site. The return to normal is expected in the coming minutes.

12:05 : “You are gagged but we hear you a lot all the same”launches Senator LR René-Paul Savary, rapporteur of the text, to his colleagues on the left, causing laughter on the benches of the majority.

11:38 : Gathering in the form of a picnic in #Cherbourg against the #ReformeDesRetraites this Saturday, March 11. The appointment is given in front of the Eleis. https://t.co/UApEjNq0MB

11:37 : The mobilization is done around a picnic on the side of Cherbourg (Manche).

11:36 : “If we are a minority here, we are a majority in the country”Judge Communist Senator Céline Brulin.

11:32 am : Here is the text repeated by all the senators on the left this morning, as an introduction to their speeches:

“You have decided to devitalize the parliamentary function by adding all the procedures offered to you by the Constitution and the regulations. Your objective was undoubtedly to let you together, the coalition rights, decide on the retirement of the French. We are not not fooled, neither are the French, and with each of our amendments we would like to remind you that we will not let go of anything and that we will not let them go.”

Variations have been heard. But the basis is this.

11:06 : Mobilization in small and medium-sized French towns is one of the notable facts of the social movement. Franceinfo is trying to better understand this phenomenon with sociologist Hugo Touzet and geographer Achille Warnant. “Working-class towns, such as Vierzon or Montluçon, which have a very high rate of workers and employees, have mobilized a lot”points to the latter.

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10:59 : Just over 2,000 demonstrators, according to the unions, are heading towards Place Corbis. They will go to the prefecture to erect a wall of demands. https://t.co/VKEzJXHcuf

10:59 : In Belfort too, the demonstration has started.

10:57 : The mobilization is gaining height. France Bleu Roussillon reports that activists have set up a filter dam in Mont-Louis “to distribute leaflets to motorists heading for ski resorts”.

10:51 a.m. : 7th day of mobilization against the pension reform. The demonstration started in Chambery. The procession seems less provided than Tuesday, in particular because of the rain. https://t.co/uHCqnDZ4RE

10:51 a.m. : We continue our small tour of France of the first processions, with the demonstration of Chambéry.

10:42 : In Brittany alone, around twenty events are planned today, reports France Bleu Breizh Izel, from Brest to Lorient via Saint-Brieuc and Rennes.

10:39 : The procession sets off, the CFDT truck leads the way https://t.co/r5Szk2Y5pY

10:38 : On the 7th day of mobilization, there are fewer people on the Place de Verdun in #Pau than on other days, the fault of the rain which has invited itself https://t.co/XONIAD9AE5

10:38 : Demonstrations have already started all over France. Example in Pau.

10:33 am : Why repeat this same paragraph? “It’s a way to punctuate the debate and come back to our convictions”explains on Public Senate the socialist senator Jérôme Durain. “The left bloc defends its amendments step by step”he assures.

10:30 a.m. : All left-wing senators who speak say the government wants “to devitalize the parliamentary function by the conjunction of all the procedures offered to you by the Constitution and the rules”.

10:28 : “We won’t let go and we won’t let them go”, assures the socialist senator Laurence Rossignol in the hemicycle, like other senators on the left. They all accuse the government of “devitalize the parliamentary function”denouncing the “coalition rights”.

10:02 : “The demonstrations, especially on Saturdays, allow us to be able to show our dissatisfaction without having too much of an impact on our wallet and our students.”

Colin Gannat, teacher in CE2 in Paris and inset at Snuipp-FSU, appreciates demonstrating on a Saturday. “Every day, it’s hard for teachers. Financially, but also vis-à-vis our students. We feel a responsibility. Not coming to school several days in a row is a bit of preventing children to go to school, and that makes us uncomfortable”he explains to franceinfo.

09:49 : Release highlights the events scheduled for today. “The unions hope for a massive mobilization this weekend in order to attack a decisive week from a position of strength, between blockages on the ground and the final stretch for the text in Parliament”writes the daily.

09:40 : ? “It’s the last straight line”, assures the Deputy Secretary General of the CFDT. “Let’s mobilize! It’s now that it’s played”, she says. Towards tougher actions? managed to set up the debate. A lot can happen. Every voice counts.” https://t.co/r2rQpHF55y

09:40 : ? 7th day of mobilization against pension reform ➡️ “We are in an unprecedented mobilization. We have a colossal number of demonstrators. It’s a world of work that says ‘we want to work better’. We are not yet at the end of the match”, assures Marylise Léon, of the CFDT. https://t.co/ZEemnJVXqI

10:11 a.m. : “It is now that it is played.”

Marylise Léon, the deputy general secretary of the CFDT, was just now the guest of franceinfo. “We are not yet at the end of the match”she assures for this new day of mobilization.

09:37 : Senators must address small pensions today. You can watch the exchanges live on the Senate website.

09:34 : Debates must resume in the Senate any minute now.

09:11 : Traffic device set up on the occasion of the demonstration declared on Saturday March 11, 2023 to protest against the reform of the pension system. Consult our press release ?
https://t.co/FucVC2hSz9

09:10 : In Paris, the demonstration will set off at 2 p.m. from Place de la République to Place de la Nation.

09:12 : The first demonstrations against the pension reform are planned from 10 am in Beauvais (Oise), Narbonne (Aude). In Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), the departure is scheduled for 10.30 am.

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