Mobilization of March 7: “We do not want France to be paralyzed”, declares Olivier Véran
Olivier Véran “does not want a blockage” on the sidelines of the mobilization against the pension reform on March 7. “We do not want France to be paralyzed,” said the government spokesman, guest of France 3 Alpes this Sunday morning.
“There is not a majority of French people who are in favor of blockages,” he added. “Demonstrating is one thing, going on strike is a constitutional right that we respect,” conceded Olivier Véran. “On the other hand, blocking the country for the long term, we consider that would not be a good idea”.
Olivier Dussopt assures that he will not abandon the reform despite the strikes and deadlocks
Will the government abandon its reform because of strikes and blockades? “No”, clearly replied the Minister of Labor Olivier Dussopt on BFM Politique this Sunday. For him “it would be unfair for the French who succeed us, because it would endanger the pension system”.
“Reform is necessary,” he said. “When you have a deficit of 12 billion in 2027, 2027 is tomorrow and the deficit will widen” in the following years.
Mobilization of March 7: “it will be a difficult day” declares Olivier Dussopt
March 7 “it is a demonstration which can be important, the trade union organizations wish it”, declares the Minister of Labor Olivier Dussopt, “it will be a difficult day”. However, while the oppositions have called for “blocking the country”, “I think blocking is not the right solution”, he explains.
Olivier Dussopt “thinks we can build a majority” in the National Assembly
“I think we can build a majority” in the National Assembly, said Minister of Labor Olivier Dussopt on BFM Politique this Sunday. “It will obviously depend on how the text is adopted by the Senate and how the joint committee works”.
“49.3 by definition exists and it is in the law, but we have always said that our goal is to avoid it and have a majority, and I think we will have a majority,” he added. .
Olivier Dussopt open to the idea of accelerating the abolition of special diets
“Why not,” replied Labor Minister Olivier Dussopt, when asked about the possibility of accelerating the abolition of special regimes, an idea defended by Senator LR Bruno Retailleau. “We have to see how the provision is proposed and how it is articulated” but the minister has “no reservations”.
Overall, “I am in favor of all groups being able to contribute” to enriching the pension reform, declared the minister. He himself says that he will table “amendments, some of which come from the opposition”.
“Working two more years” is asking “an effort” from the French, says Olivier Dussopt
“Asking the French men and women to work two more years is an effort, an effort that we try to distribute as fairly as possible, an effort that will be progressive, but it remains an effort”, concedes the minister du Travail Olivier Dussopt this Sunday on BFMT Politique.
He stresses, however, that these efforts are intended to “preserve this system of solidarity.”
According to Olivier Dussopt, LFI “lost because the text continues”
Labor Minister Olivier Dussopt criticized “15 days of insults and 15 days of obstruction” at the National Assembly on the debate on pension reform. “Only two articles were examined because the groups around LFI tabled 20,000 amendments”. But “they lost because the text continues, they did not see any of their amendments adopted”.
“We know that there is a majority unfavorable opinion”, says Olivier Dussopt
Faced with the opposition of the French to the pension reform, “we are not in denial there have been major demonstrations. There is concern and questioning which translates into opposition”, declared the Minister of Labor Olivier Dussopt on BFM Politique this Sunday, “we know that there is a majority unfavorable opinion”.
Faced with this, “it’s up to us to show that this reform is necessary (…) and that the effort required of the French is distributed as fairly as possible”.
Retailleau wants to “vote” the reform “after having modified it”
In an interview at Parisian published on Saturday evening, the boss of the Les Républicains group in the Senate, Bruno Retailleau, indicated “wishing to vote (the pension reform), after having modified it”, in particular in order to “not widen the deficits, but manage to fill them “.
“We intend to offer the government two options: either a 5% surcharge for mothers who have reached both a full career and the legal age, or an early departure at 63,” added Bruno Retailleau, referring to also the idea of an “end-of-career contract which would be exempt from family contributions” for employees aged at least 60.
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“A difficult time” in transport “at the beginning of March, and perhaps after September”
“I think we will have a difficult time” in transport “at the beginning of March, and perhaps after the seventh (March)”, i.e. the national day of mobilization against the pension reform, advanced the Minister Delegate in charge of Transport Clément Beaune on Saturday on France Inter.
“We will try to make it as short and as easy as possible, and I believe that we can responsibly try to limit the impact of these mobilizations and these strikes.”
Olivier Dussopt, guest of BFM Politique this Sunday
The Minister of Labor Olivier Dussopt, who is leading the pension reform in particular, will be the guest of BFM Politique this Sunday from 12 p.m.
La Nupes did not show “its best face”, says Boris Vallaud
The left alliance, the Nupes, did not “show its best face” during the debate in the National Assembly on the pension reform project, the leader of the Socialist deputies Boris Vallaud told the JDD. “The Nupes is a union of four: we must respect each other, which does not prohibit disagreements. But we must remain within a common regulatory framework, and hold our positions when we decide together. We have come out of this framework common and in some respects of the Assembly itself”, he adds.
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“I hope that the Senate can enrich” the text assures Emmanuel Macron
“I would like the Senate to be able to enrich” the text on pension reform “with what it considers useful”, Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday. “I saw (that) the Senate wanted to get things done on family policy and women’s rights. I think the government will approach (this debate) with openness and willingness to engage to build a majority behind this text”, continued the Head of State.
He also pointed out that the Senate, with a majority on the right, had in the past “several times carried reforms which were quite close to that of today”.