The government, like the inter-union, is suspended from the decision of the Constitutional Council, which will deliver its conclusions on the pension text on Friday. BERTRAND GUAY / AFP
The union leader, however, believes that the episode is not over and regrets the late dialogue initiated by the executive.
Laurent Berger persists and signs. Ignoring the reframing of the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, who had declared a few days ago that the secretary general of the CDFT was not “in his role as a union leader when he speaks of a democratic crisis”, he reiterated his remarks in the morning of LCI this Tuesday. “Yes, we are in a serious democratic crisis“Argued the trade unionist, after expressing his annoyance. “No one can assign us a role. The CDFT is in the role it assigns itself […] We are not obligated to the Prime Minister.»
The union leader maintains that the pension reform remains marred by a “democratic vice“, insofar as the “parliament did not decide on the vote“. If Laurent Berger assures that he will respond to the government’s call for “discuss” of the next topics on the social agenda (work, sharing of value, etc.), he regrets that the executive did not “wished to speak before“, and that this invitation to dialogue intervenes “while the episode of pensions is not over.»
For the time being, Laurent Berger confides that he has not received “Emmanuel Macron’s invitation to go to the Élysée“, and that no permanent dialogue is engaged the Minister of Labor Olivier Dussopt. “We haven’t had contact with him for several weeks., no doubt because we are in a situation of conflict», Analyzes Laurent Berger.
The government, like the inter-union, is suspended from the decision of the Constitutional Council, which will deliver its conclusions on the pension text on Friday. “The Constitutional Council is legitimate” insisted on recalling Laurent Berger. Asked about the continuation of the movement in the event of a green light from the Constitutional Council, Laurent Berger wants to be pragmatic: “It is clear that the CDFT will not demonstrate for six months on this pension reform“, he blurted out. “But we won’t be done with the retirement episodeHowever, warns the trade unionist. “There are other episodes, for example the implementation of the reform, in the 1is september. It’s going to be a real mess, because the infrastructure is not there“Warns Laurent Berger.
In the meantime, the union leader intends to capitalize on the success of the mobilization against the pension reform. “I think trade unionism has demonstrated its centrality in the world of work“, he believes. “We have registered 27,000 additional CDFT members since the beginning of the year“. The secretary general of France’s first trade union also announced that he was writing a book devoted to work, “a political misconception“. The book will come outin a few weeks“, according to the words of the trade unionist.
Finally, Laurent Berger intends to use his politico-social influence to block the road to the National Rally, in the perspective of the next presidential elections. “It’s my obsession did he declare. I will do everything in my power to prevent this from happening, I will remain an activist against the National Front».