The reform of unemployment insurance, which the government wants to undertake this year, is not the most urgent to carry out, says the president of Medef Patrick Martin. Gabriel Attal also announced in March a new reform, which should tighten the conditions of compensation for job seekers.
After the failure of negotiations on the employment of seniors, the Minister of Labor Catherine Vautrin announced on Wednesday that the government could regain control of Unemployment Insurance through a decree of default. “The most urgent reform is economic dynamics,” declared the leading French business leader. The talks came up against the creation of an enforceable right to progressive retirement, which would have cost 300 million euros, Patrick Martin said. He explained that “the unions were destabilized” because during the negotiations, ‘the State was relaunching a reform of Unemployment insurance.’ “We can talk about failure. We wanted an agreement,’ regretted the president. ‘But I don’t perceive any negative thoughtfulness. We discover each other’