The CGT wants to “put pressure” on the president to force him to choose a Prime Minister from the New Popular Front

2024-07-11 11:16:09

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While the CGT Cheminots wanted to organize meetings on July 18, Sophie Binet appealed for it «put our National Assembly under surveillance and call for respect for the popular vote,” this Wednesday.

Warning shot or pressure shot? Engaged in a standoff to force the President of the Republic to choose a Prime Minister from their position, the official election of the New Popular Front received the support of the CGT unionists. This Wednesday, in a press release, CGT railway workers called for meetings on July 18 “in front of the regions and in Paris near theNational Assembly to demand the formation of a government from the New Popular Front”. “The CGT and its organizations call on Emmanuel Macron to respect the results of the ballot boxes”urge the organization in this book.

“The hope raised by the vote is great, there are so many social questions”, also warned the team. The comments raised and hammered home by Sophie Binet, general secretary of the group, on the LCI set on Wednesday, July 11. “We have the idea of ​​having Louis XVI lock himself in Versailles”, he said, calling on Emmanuel Macron to “save the country instead of throwing cans of petrol on the fire that started”. Cause: “lobby” on the executive. “We must all join these gatherings, to put our National Assembly under surveillance and to respect the popular vote”, appealed to the trade union. And to add to that otherwise, “it risks once again plunging the country into chaos”.

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Sophie Binet deviated somewhat from the line of Jean-Luc Mélenchon who confirmed the desire of the NFP on the eve of the second round of legislative elections to apply. “Nothing but your plan, but your whole plan.” The Secretary General opened the door to tolerate it, stressing that it is important “let the parliament find many projects.”

On June 18, a week after the shocking announcement of the dissolution of the National Assembly by Emmanuel Macron, Sophie Binet, on behalf of her party, called for the closure of the National Rally and voting for the New Popular Front. “We are in an unprecedented situation, our freedom and our democracy are in danger, in these types of times, the CGT always accepts its responsibilities”said the secretary general.