"
It looks like Cyril Hanouna's set
".
Questioned this Sunday at the Grand Jury RTL-
Le Figaro,
the secretary general of the CFDT, Laurent Berger, said all the bad things he thought of the image offered by the National Assembly, in the midst of debates on pension reform .
A spectacle that he did not hesitate to describe as “
lamentable
” and put in opposition to “
the dignity of the street
”.
An “ unprecedented
” mobilization
which cannot remain “
unanswered
”, hammered the trade unionist.
Rarely, he went so far as to accuse the Ministry of the Interior of cheating on the mobilization figures for Saturday February 11.
"
There could have been 500,000 more people, which the ministry would have said less than a million
,” he said.
A “ political
” choice
, according to him.
The demonstrators would be 963,000 according to the Interior, more than 1.8 million according to the calculations of the reformist union, and 2.5 million according to the CGT.
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Laurent Berger has repeatedly argued that the blockage came from the government.
An immobility which would push the inter-union to make the choice of hardening, with the call to "put France to a stop" on March 7th.
A radicalism that may surprise coming from the reformist central, but fully assumed by its secretary general.
"
It's my formula
," he said to drive the point home, while refuting the idea that the CFDT would have converted to blocking.
Unsurprisingly, the trade unionist had little taste for the various warnings from the government or from majority parliamentarians, who call for the responsibility of the 13 centrals.
“
It seems above ground to me
,” he replied curtly.
On the contrary, he assured on several occasions, "
no one will be hindered in his vacation
".
Respect for people
While clashes broke out on Saturday, especially at the head of the Parisian procession, Laurent Berger wanted to stand out from the radical groups.
“
They have nothing to do with the movement
,” he stressed, rejecting the risk of radicalization within the processions.
Asked about the presence of a doll bearing the image of Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne hanging from the front of a CGT tank in the Bouches-du-Rhône, the head of the CFDT condemned the gesture, calling "
respect for people
”.
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Criticized after his remarks made on France 2, on February 2, where he accused the Prime Minister of “
lacking empathy
”, the trade unionist explained that he was not in verbal overbidding with the government.
He nevertheless considered that his remarks were not excessive, saying that he was not spared himself by certain behind-the-scenes politicians.
"
I'm not naive
," he said.
Not sure that he will respond favorably to the Minister of Labor Olivier Dussopt, who declared this Sunday that his door was always open to the unions.
