Pensions: François Hollande will vote for the motion of censure against the Bayrou government "as long as the National Rally does not support it"

François Hollande will vote to censure François Bayrou. In an interview with Le Parisien this Saturday, June 28, the former president joined the motion of censure tabled by the Socialist Party group in the National Assembly following the failure of the pensions conference.

"I have a principled position: not to add instability to the immobility. I am therefore opposed to any rush in the electoral calendar," François Hollande assured.

However, the Corrèze MP said he understood "the Socialist group's approach to sending a warning shot to the government, which failed to keep its commitment to submit a text on pensions the day after the conclave," stating:

"So I will vote for the motion of censure as long as the RN does not support it."

The Socialist Party (PS) group in the National Assembly criticizes the Prime Minister for refusing to table a pension bill that would allow Parliament to "debate everything," including the return to a retirement age of 62. The Socialist Party also criticizes François Bayrou for not keeping his word on pensions, claiming he had promised to give Parliament "the final say."

This motion, even if it is voted for by the entire left, has little chance of being adopted, as the National Rally has postponed a possible censure "until the budget" in the autumn.

"Going forward, I will support all measures favourable to women's pensions, for lowering the retirement age without any reduction, and especially for the recognition of hardship if the government were to reinstate them despite the obstruction of employers," François Hollande told Le Parisien this Saturday.

According to him, "the reformist unions have shown that they are ready for conclusive negotiations, including by temporarily abandoning major demands on age."

"The employers, through their intransigence, and the government, through its weakness, have dealt a severe blow to social democracy," added François Hollande, deploring a "heavy and lasting failure."

At the end of the conclave, François Bayrou listed the "progress" made by the social partners on the pension issue. The mayor of Pau notably announced "a legislative initiative" in the fall to "answer all the questions raised" and, in the absence of agreement on the most sensitive points, said he was ready to include "compromise provisions" in the next social security budget.

Asked about the PS motion of censure, which will be examined next week, François Bayrou had ironized by citing historical references of the party with the rose. He had thus declared "not to imagine that the party of Jacques Delors and Michel Rocard could consider" that the compromises reached by the social partners at the end of the conclave on pensions were "an object of censorship".

The Socialists "needed to show opposition for internal reasons that I can understand," the Prime Minister added. The Socialists had drawn the ire of their former allies in La France Insoumise by refusing to vote on the latest motions of censure targeting François Bayrou.