the National Council for Refoundation launched under the sign of “dialogue”

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Two large white boxes had been installed on the edge of the stadium. Participants in the launch of the National Council for Refoundation (CNR), Thursday, September 8, at the national rugby center in Marcoussis (Essonne), could drop off their mobile phones there. A means devised to guarantee the confidentiality of the exchanges, held for eight hours under the aegis of Emmanuel Macron, the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, and ten members of the government. But the symbol, too, of a stubborn mistrust vis-à-vis the turn that the event could take, announced in the wake of the presidential election and organized in confusion. “The key is to build trust” pour “building consensus”pleaded the Head of State Thursday morning, citing the urgency “historical” linked to the war in Ukraine, the energy crisis, inflation or the climatic and demographic transition.

This inaugural meeting should therefore first take on board the 40 representatives of trade unions, employers, associations and local elected officials who were present, out of 52 guests. the ” first floor “ of an approach supposed to revitalize democracy, according to François Bayrou, secretary general of the CNR. The participants had not masked their doubts, some specifying that they were not there for pleasure. “It’s like in The truth if I lieI give the product a chancelaunched Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, president of Medef. I do not have the same vision of the situation as the CFDT, however it is a question of depositing the armor a little. » “We are living through a social, ecological and democratic crisis, abounded Laurent Berger, boss of the CFDT. The role of the trade unionist is not to be in the commentary, it is to seize this dialogue space. »

The tenant of the Elysée made the ears of those absent, in particular the President of the Senate, Gérard Larcher, whistle. “The twelve who are not there are wrong, he was impatient. Because when we have a mandate, we have a mandate to represent, speak, even come and say that we don’t agree. » Taking on a face he wants ” optimistic “he then repeated that “the door will always be open”. A way of returning the ball to the camp of the oppositions, which, they, indicate the way of the Palais Bourbon rather than the road of Marcoussis.

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“We need something concrete now”

At the end of the day, the participants left the place with a smile on their face. “Everyone will say that something happenedrejoiced François Bayrou. It is not true that it is a maneuver or a contraption. It is an unprecedented democratic approach. “We believe in it, we have managed to include certain subjects, such as the evolution of work or housingapproves Laurent Berger. It was useful, demanding, annoying sometimes, because we don’t agree. But casually, it progressed. “Either we look at our feet without doing anything, or we keep hope and we try to imagine other means of public action. This is just the beginning “wants to believe Saïd Hammouche, president of the association Mozaïk RH.

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