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Pension reform: ‘The battle is not over yet’ Laurent Berger says

Not everything is curtailed yet, I hope for alliances. Asked at the BFMTV-RMC microphone this Thursday morning, Laurent Berger assures that “the battle is not over yet” over pension reform. This is despite the rejection by the Constitutional Council of two left-wing applications for a Common Initiative Referendum (RIP).

The CFDT leader even says that he is ready to “grab all the remaining levers” in order to achieve the repeal of the reform. “We must not make the French believe that Emmanuel Macron will cancel the reform if we have days of repeated demonstrations. But we must use every opportunity to weigh in, because there are events that can happen, ”he said, referring, in particular, to the date of June 8.

On this day, the National Assembly is to consider a bill by the independent Liot group aimed at abolishing pension reform. The text is causing concern in the presidential camp, as it enjoys the support of most opposition groups. MP Aurelien Pradier, who was at the forefront of the fight against reform in Les Républicains (LR), said on Wednesday that he would vote for it, “for consistency.”

“We can still have a negative vote in the National Assembly,” Laurent Berger calculated for his part. This is undoubtedly one of the last moments, but June 8th is a very important day. We will do our best to make it work.” And add: “the anger in the country is still very strong, we saw it during this historic May 1.”

No invitation from Matignon

Incidentally, Laurent Berger indicated that the CFDT “has not yet received an invitation” from Elisabeth Bourne for further discussions. “In any case, we would like to know whether it is about negotiations, discussion or chatter. We will have a methodological requirement,” he assured. For their part, CGT seems to be more hesitant to go there than CFDT. In the meantime, all unions have set a new day of action for June 6 in order to “be heard” by deputies, pending consideration of the text carried out by the Lyot group.

Source: Le Parisien

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