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In France, the Ministry of Labor brings together, this Monday, September 19, the social partners around the annoying subject: the pension reform. After having abandoned the game for the first time at the start of the health crisis, Emmanuel Macron promised, during his campaign, to relaunch a reform project. In particular, it provided for a postponement of the legal retirement age, even if the executive no longer makes it a “totem”.
The discussions could block both on the content and on the method. The extension of the retirement age has long been a point of tension with the unions.
As for the timetable for this reform, several possibilities were mentioned by Olivier Dussopt. It could happen next spring. But the Minister of Labor does not rule out including it in the Social Security Finance Bill (PLFSS). This would leave little time for “consultation” with the social partners. The bill will be presented next week in the Council of Ministers. Going through an amendment would only offer a delay of a few weeks, with the text due to arrive in the Assembly on October 20.
This possible formula has drawn the wrath of Laurent Berger, the general secretary of the CFDT. If the executive chooses this option, he promises to leave the National Council for Refoundation. ” If there is a passage through the PLFSS, the CFDT, with the other trade union organizations (…) we will react together (…) We will react by all the means that are those of the trade union movement “, he said.
Bayrou opposed to a forced passage
François Bayrou, ally of the majority, who orchestrates this forum for discussion, is also reluctant. ” I am opposed to forced passage. If we embark on this path, then we are certain to first unite the oppositions between them, then to divide French society. “, warned François Bayrou, calling to take” pedagogical time ». « A few months should be enough to arrive at a solution “, he estimated. ” The President of the Republic has said that he wants the reform for the summer of 2023? With this method, with preliminary work in common, I am convinced that it can be adopted from the summer of 2023. “, he insisted.
Deadlines are getting tighter, but depending on the Sunday newspaperfaced with her camp divided on the question, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne would still not have decided.
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