Pension reform: Macron wants ‘exchange’ with unions after Constitutional Council decision

He promised it. He confirms this. During a visit to the Netherlands, two days before the decision of the Constitutional Council, Emmanuel Macron confirmed at a press conference his desire “to offer all social partners an exchange that will allow initiating follow-up actions.” to the outcome of the decision of the Constitutional Council on the draft pension reform, Friday, the day after the new day of mobilization.

“We have a lot of work ahead of us,” anticipates the President of the Republic, who said that he was ready to meet with the inter-union at the end of March only after the decision of the Constitutional Council. Thus, Emmanuel Macron proposes an “exchange” in the “spirit of harmony”, emphasizing that “the decision that the Constitutional Council will have to take will close the democratic and constitutional path.”

“The country must continue to move forward,” the head of state said. “I will deal with everything that concerns them, the social partners, in order to be able to return – I know that the period will still bear traces of the discord of the moment – but I will do it in the spirit of harmony and the will to continue, whatever the decision of the Elders he continued.

New mobilization day.

Both supporters and opponents of the text mainly rely on the fact that at least some of the measures will be challenged by the Constitutional Council. This is especially the case with the Senior Citizens Index, a new mandatory indicator designed to identify large companies’ hiring practices for employees over 55 years of age. According to many observers, it can be described as a legislative “cavalry”, that is, a measure that has no place in the budget text.

A new day of mobilization against pension reform is to take place on Thursday in France, ahead of the decision of the Constitutional Council. Authorities expect a total of 400,000 to 600,000 demonstrators to attend marches organized across the country. According to our data, between 30,000 and 40,000 demonstrators are expected in Paris.