In an op-ed for the Le Monde daily on Monday, the key figures from all of France's left-wing parties urged Braun-Pivet to allow a vote on the motion, at the risk of further unrest. This was removed from the Liot motion at commission level, but left-wing parties have sought to put it back on the agenda via an amendment. Parliament speaker Yael Braun-Pivet, a member of Macron's party but officially neutral, was to rule on Thursday whether parliament could vote on returning the retirement age to 62. Opponents are pinning their hopes on a motion put forward by the small Liot faction in parliament - broadly backed by the left - to repeal the law and the increased retirement age. Parts of the overhaul, including the key increase in the pension age, were printed Sunday in France's official journal, meaning they are now law. The later retirement age, which seeks to bolster France's troubled long-term finances, was a banner pledge of Macron's second and final term in office, and its smooth implementation is seen by supporters as crucial to his legacy. Macron signed in April the bill to raise the pension age to 64 from 62 after the government used a controversial but legal mechanism to avoid a vote in parliament that it risked losing.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take to the streets across France for what will be the fourteenth day of demonstrations since January to oppose the reform.
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