The meeting is in danger of being cut short.
Before finding Élisabeth Borne at Matignon on Wednesday, Laurent Berger warned: if he cannot
talk to her about retiring at 64, he “
will leave
”.
The secretary general of the CFDT as the Prime Minister know: on the eve of an eleventh day of mobilization against the reform, scheduled for Thursday, this meeting can become yet another missed meeting between the executive and the reformist trade unionist.
Long imagined as a potential ally in the Macron camp, he has established himself, at 54, as a resolute opponent of the government project alongside the CGT, and as a key player in the hope of considering post-retirement.
Despite the disputed adoption of the reform by 49.3, several macronists are calling for a rapid reconciliation with the head of the first French union.
On the phone with Élisabeth Borne last week, the former Minister of Labor and mayor of Dijon François Rebsamen invited the Prime Minister to employ…
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