French Prime Minister Elisabeth Born receives the presidents of the parliamentary groups

Bertrand Pancher, president of the Libertés, Indépendants, Outre-mer et Territoires group at the National Assembly, and Christophe Naegelen, co-chairman of the Libertés, Indépendants, Outre-mer et Territoires group at the National Assembly, have been received at the Hotel de Matignon by Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, in Paris, on 21 September 2022. SOUND Pancher 1: It was a frank and open dialogue with the Prime Minister, we went into the merits of her method, saying that we are in an extremely complicated period and that for us it is absolutely unthinkable that the government should proceed by force on the issue of unemployment benefits as well as on the issue of pensions. SOUND Pancher 2: We have to rely on Parliament, we are able to assume our responsibilities and the PM has obviously listened because at the moment it is clear that there is no longer a majority in Parliament and now attempts are being made to convince the parliamentary groups. SOUND Pancher 3: In the context of our country's energy crisis, we need very precise interventions, very targeted according to territory, and indeed the Prime Minister answered a specific question from my colleague on wood heating. SOUND Naegelen: The purpose was really to plan the parliamentary return, not as has been said a specific meeting on pensions, but really to consider one by one the bills, from renewables, to pensions of course, to unemployment, to the draft budget law, to the Homeland Security Planning Act, precisely to discuss the position of our parliamentary group with respect to these five major reform bills, without a single focus on pension reform.