“The Prime Minister invited the inter-union to take an overview of all the subjects: pensions and other subjects”, declared the Minister of Labor this Friday morning.
Olivier Dussopt is already clearing the ground, ahead of the meeting between Elisabeth Borne and the unions scheduled for next week, at the invitation of Matignon. “No one will forbid anyone to talk about anything“, said the Minister of Labor on Europe 1 this Friday morning, referring to the pension reform.
A way of responding to Laurent Berger, who assured Franceinfo on Wednesday that he “would speakof this topic. ««If they tell me: “You can’t talk about it” (..) they will leave the room or we will leave“Insisted the secretary general of the CFDT.
«The Prime Minister invited the intersyndicale to give an overview of all the subjects: pensions and other subjects“, declared Olivier Dussopt on Europe 1, while adding nevertheless a few moments later:”On the pension reform, the parliamentary debate is behind us, the law has been passed». «We should perhaps take this opportunity to renew contact and see what and how he is possibly able to move forward“, judged the Minister of Labor.
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Wednesday meeting?
Olivier Dussopt’s comments make the meeting initiated by Matignon even more vague, which has no agenda. On Wednesday, the Minister for Relations with Parliament Franck Riester and the president of the MoDem, François Bayrou, warned that the question of raising the legal retirement age to 64 would not be on the menu.
The date of the interview also remains uncertain. Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday? “The date is clearly looming Wednesday “April 5, replied the number 2 of the CFDT, Marylise Léon, Wednesday evening on the set of BFMTV. Matignon has not confirmed the date of April 5, indicating that it has not yet received all the answers. If the date chosen is indeed Wednesday, the meeting would take place on the eve of a new big day of mobilization against the pension reform.
The identity of the participating unions also remains shrouded in uncertainty. “We will see by next week who in the inter-union agrees to come“Said Olivier Dussopt, stressing that the CGT was holding its congress this week. Congress which ratified the name of the successor of Philippe Martinez in the person, to everyone’s surprise, of Sophie Binet, secretary general of the Federation of executives (Ugict-CGT). Within the CGT, voices were raised on Wednesday to say that responding to Elisabeth Borne’s invitation would be “a waste of time“, while Marylise Léon, of the CFDT, estimated that “the challenge (was) to seize this outstretched handfrom the executive.