He will accept Elizabeth Borne’s “outstretched hand” to the unions only if reform is “delayed”. CFDT Secretary General Laurent Berger on Monday urged the government to take “very strong steps on pensions.”
“We need a very strong movement from the government on the issue of pensions, that is, it must say that 64 years will not apply,” the union spokesman said during an interrogation on France 2 on the eve of a new day of mobilization.
“I am concerned (about) the situation,” he added. “I call on the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister to hear that there is a way out, but for this you need to make a move on their side,” he confirmed, recalling that he had proposed “opening”, pausing and discussing “for half a year and work and pension. »
While Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne on Sunday appealed to unions and political parties to “calm down”, the CFDT boss questioned: “What is this outstretched hand? Excuse me, but where is the outstretched hand on the issue of pensions? (Or) this is the current topic,” he replied.
“Don’t go crazy”
“If with an outstretched hand we again discuss both work and pensions, and postponing for a while the reform that was adopted by 49-3, which was not approved by the Constitutional Council (…), if these two items are on the table, we will discuss,” he added.
“You cannot imagine that there were two million people on the street last Thursday”, on the one hand, and “that we are (not) going to discuss pensions if we are invited to discuss” on the other hand.
While the government’s appeal to 49.3 to pass its reform in Parliament resulted in a tougher task punctuated by daily brawls, Laurent Bergé described: “a dangerous climate” and “growing anger”. He urged “not to fall into a frenzy that could engulf this country with violence, but also with very deep social discontent.”
“It is better to bring down the temperature than to escalate the situation,” he said. When asked if the day of mobilization on Tuesday would be the last, he replied: “No, not necessarily the last (…) We will at least go to the constitutional council.” Its decision is expected within three weeks.
Source: Le Parisien
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