Pensions: In the Assembly, the left fails to pass a law proposing to repeal the 2023 reform

Majority in the hemicycle, the left and the RN failed on Thursday to pass a law proposing to repeal the pension reform in the face of the obstruction of the presidential camp.

La France Insoumise placed at the top of the texts a bill aimed at repealing the 2023 reform, which raised the legal retirement age from 62 to 64.

But the text could not be voted on, due to hundreds of amendments tabled by the governmental coalition in order to slow down the work, which was bound to end at midnight, and heated debates marked by multiple reminders of the rules and suspensions of session.

Budget: the Senate approves the surtax on large companies and a tax concerning CMA CGM

Surtax on large companies, taxation of GAFAM, revision of the research tax credit... the senators continued on Thursday to make their mark on the “revenues” of the 2025 draft state budget.

While the government is under the threat of a potential motion of censure next week in the Assembly on the Social Security budget, senators are continuing their work on the budget bill.

In particular, they approved key articles, such as a surtax on the profits of large companies, hoping in this way to raise the state coffers by 8 billion euros in 2025 and 4 billion in 2026.

Defense: Chad breaks its cooperation agreements with France

Chad, the last Sahelian country to house French forces, announced Thursday evening that it was ending security and defense agreements with Paris, an announcement that came a few hours after a visit by the head of French diplomacy Jean-Noël Barrot.

Chad is a key link in the French military presence in Africa, constituting the last anchor of Paris in the Sahel after the forced withdrawals of its troops in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger.

This announcement comes as Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye also indicated Thursday in an interview with AFP that France would have to close its military bases in Senegal, also invoking the argument of sovereignty.

United States: “Black Friday” on the attack of consumers scalded by inflation

The day after Thanksgiving and its turkey, the day of Black Friday promotions is still highly anticipated by consumers in the United States, but this year they should be more attentive than usual before taking out their bank card.

They are “even more concerned and focused on pricing and discounts” than in previous years, says Vivek Pandya, principal analyst at Adobe Digital Insights.

Inflation, which soared immediately after the Covid-19 pandemic, before slowly slowing down, took a toll on their purchasing power.

IN A NUTSHELL

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday threatened an “intensive war” in the event of a violation of the truce with Hezbollah in Lebanon, which came into force the day before and which had already been put to the test.

After warnings from Moody's and Fitch, the ratings agency S&P unveiled on Friday its new assessment of France's sovereign debt, whose government is trying to maintain itself at the price of concessions on the 2025 budget.

Friday and Saturday is the Telethon, a 30-hour television marathon, a popular charity event for the benefit of medical and scientific advances aimed at combating rare diseases. Objective: to exceed 93 million euros collected in 2023.

British MPs will discuss on Friday a bill authorizing assisted dying for certain terminally ill patients, which is generating lively discussions and whose approval remains very uncertain.

Lyon won by a large margin 4-1 against Azerbaijani club Qarabag on Thursday in Baku during the 5th day of the Europa League.