the National Assembly rejects the senior index, the first setback for the government

Tuesday, February 14, the National Assembly rejected article 2 of the pension reform project, which provided for the creation of a senior index in companies. In the ranks of the left, the result was greeted with applause. Same satisfaction on the other side of the hemicycle, especially at the National Rally.

“An alibi article” for Eric Ciotti

The left is delighted with this defeat of the presidential camp. She even sees it as a sign of feverishness in the majority. “We are on the second day of the debate, on an important article for them, and they have around fifty absentees. We are mobilized”, Judge Eric Coquerel, LFI/Nupes deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis. Thirty-eight Republican deputies also voted against this senior index. Eric Ciotti, President of the Republicans, believes that Article 2 is a “alibi article, which is useless”. The government spokesman, Olivier Véran, for his part denounced the attitude of the opposition, castigating a vote “incomprehensible” And “more political”.