Purchasing power: about-face at the National Assembly

The deputies had an eventful day in the National Assembly, Tuesday, July 26. During the second session of votes for the measures concerning the purchasing power of the French, an amendment which increased retirement pensions to the tune of 500 million euros was first voted against the opinion of the majority. Later, the government demanded that the deputies proceed to the vote again. A request accepted and legal, but very badly perceived by the opposition parties. “Don’t go back to those old ways of pushing through.”affirms the deputy Nupes Éric Coquerel.

The request for a new vote has certainly shocked the left, while the deputies of the National Rally believe that the majority has reached an agreement. “Soon we will learn the nature of the deal that was probably made tonight”, urges MP Sébastien Chenu into the microphone. The majority and the government do not want to see the public debt increase further, with a costly reform. The audiovisual fee is abolished and the rebate on fuel extended.