Decisive week for opponents of pension reform, including France Insoumise on the front line. While on Sunday morning, the the first two implementing decrees for the law of April 14 have been published in the Official Journal, Manuel Bompard, coordinator of the party of Jean-Luc Mélenchon denounced at the microphone of the “Grand rendez-vous” Europe 1 – CNews – “Les Echos” a “democratic robbery” of the government.
The tension is rising a few days before the debate on Thursday June 8 in the National embly on the Liot group’s bill aimed at repealing the reform, the majority of which succeeded in deleting the major article in the social affairs committee. “It would be amazing if we could not vote on this reform” thundered the deputy (LFI) from Bouches-du-Rhône. On the eve of a 14th day of protest, Tuesday, June 6, whose mobilization is announced in decline, he said he wanted to “increase the level of pressure on the government […] and “keep fighting”.
Asked about the level of debt, France having finally kept on Friday evening its AA rating from the Standard & Poor’s rating agency, Manuel Bompard felt that “it is not the rating agencies that should determine the content of France’s policy”. “We are going to be told, now, our debt is too high, we must compress public spending”, he was alarmed. “When you reduce the budget of each ministry by 5%, it’s called an austerity measure” he castigated, in response to Bruno Le Maire, who defends himself in the “JDD”.
Concerning future government bill expected in July on immigration, the LFI coordinator recalled that he is “fighting” Gérald Darmanin’s proposals. “I don’t believe that there is a migratory submersion,” he underlined, adding that “the French have understood that in the situation we are experiencing today, the central question is the subjects that they prioritize […] our health system, our salaries, pensions”.
While part of the anti-Nupes left is meeting in Montpellier this weekend – including several PS figures such as the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, the president of the Occitanie Region, Carole Delga, or the former candidate for the presidential, Benoît Hamon – Manuel Bompard let go “they do what they want”, confirming with humor that he had not been “invited”. “For the moment, the victory or the success of the anti-Nupes left has been more Macronist deputies and more National Rally deputies,” he mocked.
Regarding the words of his rebellious colleague François Ruffin who estimated Thursday that a law on gender change or GPA should not be “at the heart of the project”, before backpedaling the next day after being reframed by his camp, the deputy of Bouches-du-Rhône estimated that the members of the Nupes have “been elected [s] on a program […] which notably includes enshrining gender freedom in the Constitution”. “This program involves all of us,” he said.