Olivier Véran, government spokesman. LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP
The government spokesperson underlines “other reforms” to come, which “will be unpopular, but necessary for the future of the country”.
Government spokesman Olivier Véran assured that the executive would continue to roll out a roadmap “agency“, beyond the pension reform which, despite the blockages and the dispute, “does not sign the retreat of the reformsin an interview with Sunday newspaper .
«The pension reform does not sign the retirement of the reforms. There will be other reforms tomorrow, led by us or by the governments that will succeed us.“, underlines Olivier Véran with the weekly. Among these future texts, somewill be unpopular, but necessary for the future of the country», and validated «democratically (…) by legitimate Parliaments“, he insists.
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A 10th day of mobilization in sight
The executive will face next Tuesday a 10th day of mobilization against the pension reform, whose political future is now in the hands of the Constitutional Council, while tensions in the street are growing. “We cannot allow the idea that violence is a justifiable or understandable reaction», Notes Olivier Véran. Looking ahead, he indicates that the government will “reagent» the parliamentary agenda for «respond to the daily concerns of the French: access to doctors, class closures, access to identity papers».
In the absence of an absolute majority in the Assembly,we must also think about how to proceed without necessarily systematically resorting to the law“, he adds, also pleading for”better involve the people in decision-making“. For example, “we are going to postpone the text on immigration and integration. This is a theme on which it would be interesting to allow society to reflect».
In the wake of Emmanuel Macron, Olivier Véran ensures that the executive intends to collaborate with the union forces, yet the wind is standing against the reform. “We will not agree on the decline to 64, but alongside this question there are many others, essential for the French, on which we want to work with them.“, he argues, citing the “end of career management“, the “retraining» or even the «salary increase below minimum wage».