This Monday, social partners must reach an agreement to make it easier for people over 60 to remain in the job market. Failure could have cascading repercussions.

The future of unemployment insurance, over which the government hopes to keep control, will also depend on this final session. “ It’s going to be a particularly difficult meeting, ” warns Yvan Ricordeau, CFDT negotiator. ‘There could be sessions suspended and doors slamming,’ adds Éric Chevée of the CPME.