While the examination of the reform begins this Monday in the National Assembly, the boss of the CGT affirmed that “the mobilization will continue” even if the text is adopted by the deputies.
Elisabeth Borne did not convince Philippe Martinez. Despite the Prime Minister’s new announcements in the JDD Sunday concerning the pension reform, in particular on long careers, the secretary general of the CGT believes that “the account is not there». «It’s DIY what she does. Even with what it offers on long careers, we will still work longer“, lambasted the union leader.
In the Sunday newspaperthe tenant of Matignon indicated that the government was going toto move by extending this system of long careers to those who started working between the ages of 20 and 21. They will be able to leave at 63». «For the moment these are small movements, it does not correspond to the expectations expressed by the demonstrators, the strikers and the public opinion“, judged Philippe Martinez. “Basically, nothing changes.“, he added.
“The mobilization will continue” even in the event of a vote on the text
While the review of the reform begins this Monday in the National Assembly, the trade unionist declared that, if they voted for the text, “MPs would run counter to the majority of public opinion“, based on the many polls which show massive opposition from the French to the executive’s project to postpone the starting age to 64.
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Thus, even in the scenario where the text would be adopted in the hemicycle, “mobilization will continue“said the boss of the CGT. “Because we will consider that it is a text that was voted against the majority opinion of the citizens of this country“, he estimated, pointing in this case a “democratic problem“. In addition, on the next days of actions scheduled for Tuesday and Saturday, Philippe Martinez underlined that, for Saturday, “for the moment there is no call to striketo the SNCF. “Saturday is a day of protests“, he noted.