The French Constitutional Council has again rejected the request of left-wing parliamentarians to hold a referendum on a joint initiative of deputies and voters regarding pension reform. According to French media, council members considered that the proposal of left-wing and independent parliamentarians aimed at “prohibiting the legal retirement age for persons over 62 years of age” does not comply with the procedure called the “referendum on the joint initiative of deputies and voters” (RIP).
19 days after rejecting the first request for a RIP referendum on pension reform, the Constitutional Council rejected a second one, almost identical, according to media reports, to the previous one except for a few words. A new request for RIP is no longer possible for less than a year.
According to the publication Ouest-France, the next steps of the opponents of the pension reform will be a day of protests organized by the trade union coalition on June 6 and a debate in the lower house of the French parliament – the National Assembly – on June 8 at the initiative of the Liot political faction on the abolition of pension reform.
Recall, on March 16, the French government decided to carry out pension reform bypassing the vote in the National Assembly. On March 20, the opposition factions of the lower house of parliament put forward two votes of no confidence in the government. However, they failed to get the required number of votes.
According to the reform, the retirement age will be raised from 62 to 64 years.
Source: Rosbalt
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