After the massive May Day demonstrations that brought together hundreds of thousands of people across the country, unions unveiled a new call that will accompany the presentation of the bill to repeal the pension norm in the National Assembly (parliament), fiercely contested for months by the social majority.
In a statement entitled “Still united, numerous and determined for disengagement and for social progress”, the thirteen signatory organizations called for “more initiatives, in particular a new day of common action, strikes and demonstrations on 6 workers procure themselves in front of parliamentarians hearing”.
The National Assembly will debate a multi-party bill in the chamber on June 8 that aims to repeal the controversial reform that extends the statutory retirement age from 62 to 64.
Also in the National Assembly, the resumption of parliamentary sessions took place today after a fifteen-day break, and the leader of the main opposition group (France Insoumisa), Mathilde Panot, made it clear that there will be “no return to normal” in the chamber yet in the country, as long as the pension reform is maintained.
He assured that from his group “we will not turn the page”, adding that as many legislative initiatives as necessary will be presented to repeal the law, “a national assembly completely separate from the country and in which nothing will happen out of place,” he said.
For French President Panot, Emmanuel Macron is the “ridiculous president”, considering him “the laughing stock of the democratic world abroad” and reminding him that “you cannot gag a people indefinitely”.
The law, largely approved by the Constitutional Council on April 14, is due to come into force in September, but a new appeal must be decided this Wednesday before the country’s highest administrative body, which will decide to call a referendum to annul the reform.
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