The right-wing French Senate approved the pension reform bill by a vote of 195 to 112 after ten days of heated debate, meaning the Bourne government has achieved its first legislative success on the hotly contested text pending. Thursday, amid easing protests and worker strikes that were extended from Tuesday. After approval, Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne made no secret of her satisfaction at this first legislative success with a vote of 195 to 112, and the government hopes to finally pass the reform in the National Assembly.
Bourne said: “An important step has been skipped”, expressing her confidence that “there is a majority in parliament” to pass the reform, and tweeted: “After 100 hours of deliberation, the Senate adopts the text of the pension reform, a decisive step towards the success of the reform, which ensure the future of our pensions, are fully committed to securing final ratification (reform) in the coming days.”
