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The protest against the pension reform is weakening in the street, while the Senate continues to examine the text. Update on the situation, Saturday, March 11.
In the Senate,everything is going much faster than expected. Less than 150 amendments remain“, indicates the journalist Thierry Curtet, in duplex from the Senate, Saturday March 11. “There is no longer any suspense, the Senate will vote to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 years old. Everything accelerated when the government triggered the blocked vote device provided for by the Constitution“, he continues.
Final vote Thursday, March 16 in the Senate and the National Assembly
A satisfaction for the government, “which highlights the cooperation of the senatorial right“. If the executive does not officially comment on the figures of the demonstration of the day, it “hope that the peak of the number of demonstrators has now passed“, adds the journalist. Once the vote has been won in the Senate, a joint joint meeting will take place on Wednesday March 15, before the final vote on Thursday 16 in the Senate and the National Assembly.