The pension reform finally adopted after the rejection of the two motions of censure filed against the government

The pension reform is adopted, after the rejection of the two motions of censure filed against the government, Monday, March 20. Elisabeth Borne escaped censorship by only nine votes, 19 Republican deputies having voted for the first motion, called “transpartisan”.

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This text, initiated by the independent group Liot with the support of the left, collected 278 votes out of the 287 needed to bring down the government. The second text, on the initiative of the National Rally, collected only 94 votes, mainly those of his group. After the rejection of these two motions, the highly contested reform of Emmanuel Macron is therefore adopted. In a statement to AFP, Elisabeth Borne declared herself “determined to continue to carry out the necessary transformations”.

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The oppositions, who have been scrapping for weeks on the text, have called for his resignation. This government “is already dead”, said the leader of the rebellious, Mathilde Panot. Elisabeth Borne “must leave” Or “the president must resign her”added the president of the RN group, Marine Le Pen.