It's a bit like the teachers' back-to-school pre-meeting. Prime Minister Jean Castex receives from this Tuesday afternoon and until Friday in Matignon the ban and the backbench of representatives of all unions and employers, from the largest to the smallest. A round of face-to-face meetings where it will obviously be a question of the government taking the pulse on a number of "topical" subjects put on the table on July 12 by Emmanuel Macron. Each being more or less flammable like the issue of pension reform for the moment at a standstill, the application of that of unemployment insurance on October 1, commitment income for young people, jobs in tension, training for the unemployed, the health pass, etc.
This sequence known as "listening posture" and "field feedback" according to Matignon's expression, will be led by Jean Castex surrounded by the Ministers of the Economy Bruno Le Maire, of Labor Élisabeth Borne.
And… Secretary of State for Pensions Laurent Pietraszewski, who is making his comeback in summit meetings.
What to put the chip in the ear to the unions.
All, unanimously, have already raised the shield against such a temptation before the presidential elections and will not fail to recall it.
The unions mobilized on October 5
"If the government decides to put the pension reform back on the table, it will then find us on its way", warned in our columns the head of the CGT Philippe Martinez. A day of mobilization scheduled for October 5 on angry subjects such as pension reform and that of unemployment insurance, is on the agenda at the call of an inter-union bringing together the CGT, FO, FSU, Solidaires and youth organizations.
A few hours before the holding of this somewhat agreed-upon exercise, Matignon refused to say more about a possible speech by the Prime Minister, in particular on pensions. "By 2022, it would be madness to relaunch a project on this issue, given the difficult climate in which the country finds itself," Laurent Berger warned in an interview with Le Monde. The leader of the CFDT will be the first to open the ball this Wednesday afternoon, followed by Yves Veyrier from FO and François Hommeril from the CFE-CGC. Everyone will obviously be on the lookout for little phrases that would shed light on the intentions of the executive ... Before handing over Thursday with, among others, Philippe Martinez (CGT) and Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux (Medef) and closing these meetings Friday morning by Benoît Teste, secretary general of the FSU.
