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Second Time a Charm? French PM Lecornu Offers Concessions to Hostile Parliament
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Second time a charm? French PM Lecornu offers concessions to hostile parliament
Was it enough for France’s minority government to pass the first hurdle of a trigger-happy hostile parliament that can pass a vote of no-confidence at any time? Reappointed prime minister Sébastien Lecornu offering a suspension of Emmanuel Macron's flagship reform, the raising of the retirement age. We'll review the general policy speech of a Lecornu who this time at least made it to the National Assembly. Last week, his initial coalition govern…
In his policy statement this Tuesday, the Prime Minister paved the way for a new pension system, to be discussed with the social partners, hoping to avoid censorship by the Socialist Group.
This is the image of this day, Sébastien Lecornu in the National Assembly's rostrum for his general policy statement. The Prime Minister detailed his government's road map, stifling his willingness to change his method with a formula, addressing MPs: the government will propose, we will debate, you will vote. The pension reform is frozen until January 2028. Revenues less compensated in part by a new taxation of very large companies. (Policy).
Sébastien Lecornu announced a suspension of the implementation of the pension reform until January 2028, which could cost EUR 400 million in 2026 and EUR 1.8 billion in 2027 for the public accounts.
France's head of government Lecornu suspends President Macron's controversial pension reform. The plan was to raise the retirement age.
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