The Socialist Party negotiates its non-censorship of François Bayrou’s authorities | EUROtoday

As François Bayrou’s common coverage speech approaches, Tuesday January 14, negotiations intensify on pensions and the price range, the socialists requesting a suspension of the applying of the 64-year-old measure for six months, time of its renegotiation, as the worth of their non-censorship.

For a number of days, and to the fury of Jean-Luc Mélenchon who denounced “their servility”socialists, ecologists and communists are discussing the 2025 price range proposal and pension reform with the federal government. With the intention of discovering “a path” which might permit them to not vote on the movement of censure that La France insoumise (LFI) intends to desk after the Prime Minister’s common coverage declaration.

“If we are heard, and it is a matter of days, even hours, on the proposals we have made, there will be no censorship by the socialists”confirmed Friday the top of the PS senators, Patrick Kanner, on Franceinfo.

The most important issue relates, repeatedly, to the 2023 pension reform, which the left calls for to be reconsidered. In the absence of a “repeal”the socialists demand a “suspension” of six months of the applying of the progressive postponement of the retirement age from 62 to 64 years, the time for a renegotiation of the reform.

“We say yes to Mr. Bayrou on his proposal to return to global negotiations with political parties, unions and employers. This six-month negotiation could begin very quickly and, in the meantime, we request a suspension”stated Mr. Kanner. This negotiation would make it attainable to “rework the age measurement of 64 years” and combine “positive developments” on “long careers, difficult jobs, broken careers”defined Mr. Kanner.

“A knife in the back of the NFP program”

A place which provoked a powerful response from LFI. “Astounding. The Socialist Party would therefore not only abandon the repeal of retirement at 64 but will go so far as to consider early retirement for Bayrou. posted Friday, on X, Mathilde Panot, the leader of the “rebellious” deputies. Manuel Bompard, the nationwide coordinator of LFI, estimated that “It’s a knife in the back of the NFP program.”

Jean-Luc Mélenchon additionally accused the PS of desirous to abandon pay-as-you-go retirement and transfer to a points-based retirement system. “In the simple vocabulary of political and union activists, saying “move to another system” relating to pensions is the equal of a slap within the face”denounced the “rebellious” tribune in a weblog notice. “The method of the socialists is shocking because they did not warn any of us of their turn on the wing on this subject”he burdened.

The pension reform, which got here into drive on 1^er September 2023, notably establishes a gradual enhance within the minimal retirement age from 62 to 64 years, on the price of three extra months per technology. Currently, this age is 62 years and 6 months for folks born in 1962. It stays to be seen how far the federal government is ready to go.

“The discussion is open. It will last all day [vendredi] Again. The Prime Minister’s policy speech is Tuesday. Until Monday evening, everyone works to find the lowest common denominator”responded the Minister of Labor, Catherine Vautrin, on CNews/Europe 1. The minister doesn’t need to speak about suspension “because we are not there yet in the discussion”.

RN deputies declare “to remain hungry”

For their half, deputies from the National Rally, consulted Friday by Bercy ministers on the 2025 price range, stated “stay hungry”reproaching the left “a political scam” by making folks consider in the potential of acquiring a suspension of the pension reform. “We don’t really see where they want to go”declared the vice-president of the RN, Sébastien Chenu, after an interview of round an hour with ministers Eric Lombard (economic system) and Amélie de Montchalin (public accounts).

The MP burdened that the ministers had not wished ” explore “ topics defended by the far-right social gathering, such because the discount of the French contribution to the European Union or the overhaul of state medical support. However, he talked about “small victories”comparable to the federal government’s dedication to not de-index pensions to inflation. “For the rest, there is still a lot to write so that we can find a reason for reassurance or assurance on this budget”he stated, elevating the specter of censorship.

“We listened, we talked”welcomed the Minister of the Economy, Eric Lombard, Friday night on the conclusion of the discussions held in Bercy, welcoming a dialogue with the political forces of Parliament which “will allow us to move forward” on the 2025 price range. He burdened that “the synthesis” exchanges could be transmitted on Saturday to the Prime Minister, François Bayrou.

The debate on pensions focuses above all on the price of calling into query the reform whereas the federal government needs a budgetary effort of round 50 billion euros this 12 months. According to the National Old Age Insurance Fund, repealing the rise within the retirement age would price 3.4 billion euros in 2025 and practically 16 billion in 2032. The PS proposes to make use of the Reserve Fund for pensions created on the finish of the Nineties, to the tune of two to three billion euros this 12 months.

And the federal government should additionally not alienate the assist of the Macronists who had defended the reform regardless of large demonstrations by opponents. “Our position is that we do not want to touch pension reform”repeated former price range minister Thomas Cazenave on Friday on TF1. “Neither suspension nor repeal: when you live a long time, you work a long time”added, on X, the Renaissance deputy Mathieu Lefèvre.