How unpleasant it is to dialogue with the executive power when it seems to have already decided on its position. Thursday, December 8, several union officials expressed their irritation after being received by Elisabeth Borne, the head of government, or at the Ministry of Labor to talk about the pension reform. While the arbitrations must be revealed before the Christmas holidays – on December 15, probably –, the employee organizations note, with disappointment, that “everything is fixed” on the most decried part of the project: the age of opening of pension rights will be shifted, the scenario of a slider pushed from 62 to 65 years old having the preference of Emmanuel Macron.
Laurent Berger used the euphemism to describe his state of mind on Thursday morning: ” We arrived [à hôtel Matignon] a little annoyed”, reported the leader of the CFDT, accompanied by Marylise Léon, the number two of the confederation, and Yvan Ricordeau, national secretary. The leader of the cedist central referred to the ” reports “ in the press of the dinner which had taken place the day before at the Elysée, in the presence of the main supporters of the Head of State. Dinner during which Mr. Macron reaffirmed his intention to raise the legal retirement age to 65. “We asked for clarification [à Mme Borne] », added Mr. Berger. But the light was not shed, according to the trade unionist, who concluded his intervention by dropping: “I’m not particularly confident, obviously. »
No suspense
In reality, there is no longer any suspense, in the eyes of Philippe Martinez: “They are obstinate – I am weighing my words – in saying that you have to work until you are 65”declared the secretary general of the CGT, ironically on the ” present “ which will be offered to the population a few days before the Christmas holidays. “Mass is said, Emmanuel Macron wants to go to the confrontation”entrust to Monde François Hommeril, the president of the CFE-CGC. His CFTC counterpart, Cyril Chabanier, adds: “They seem closed on the decline of the starting age. »
Launched in early October, the consultation between the executive and the social partners on the reform is coming to an end. “There was no real desire to listen to the unions”estimates Michel Beaugas, confederal secretary of FO, who evokes exchanges under ” constraint “having above all enabled the power in place to “to show that he was not passing in force”. Mr. Chabanier is less negative: with regard to the prevention of professional wear and tear and the employment of seniors, he thinks that orientations “interesting” may have been obtained thanks to the discussions held during the autumn. Two files on which the CFDT has worked a lot, with the hope that there will be announcements “concrete”as Mr. Berger explained on Thursday.
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