“
The major event last night was that
FC Nantes did not win
!
“Asked on the set of the Grand Jury RTL-LCI-
Le Figaro
this Sunday, Laurent Berger, originally from Saint-Nazaire, sought to calm things down as tensions between the government and opponents of pension reform do not go down, despite the promulgation of the law.
Yesterday still confined to major events, opposition to the reform continues to spread to new areas, such as sport.
For the final of the Coupe de France, Saturday, April 29, the unions had thus distributed red cards and whistles intended for the President of the Republic, present in the stands.
In such a climate, Emmanuel Macron decided, exceptionally, to greet the two teams before they entered the field.
Fear, the various punch actions announced by some, such as power cuts, ultimately did not take place.
The whistles themselves were fed far less than anticipated.
If he was delighted - "
it is important that these cultural and sporting events can be held
" - the number one of the CFDT refused to see it as a sign of a change of era.
"
It does not mean that all is well
", "
there is still anger in the country
", he warned.
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The withdrawal of pension reform as a watchword
A feeling on which the inter-union intends to capitalize on this Monday, May 1st.
Labor Day, which will bring together all the unions, will have as its watchword the withdrawal of the pension reform.
Laurent Berger has displayed great ambitions in terms of participation for this thirteenth day of action: "
hundreds of thousands, perhaps a million or a million and a half
", he ventured.
But regardless of the success of this new mobilization, the wound of pensions will not be closed, warned the trade unionist.
"
There is an increased risk of social conflict at all levels tomorrow
," he pointed out, before attacking the government's new narrative: "
These are
the 100 days,
not of nothing at all, but of not much for the moment
, “said Laurent Berger.
The return of dialogue
However, the CFDT will return to discuss with the government.
The union will respond positively to the Prime Minister's invitation once it has been received, including if the inter-union is not fully in favor of it, Laurent Berger said on Sunday.
“
We will go including bilaterally
,” he explained.
This should not be seen as the beginnings of an explosion of the inter-union, which will continue to exist and talk to each other, he warned.
It is now a question of opposing the pension reform in different forms, in particular through the campaign to sign the referendum of shared initiative (RIP), if the second attempt is validated by the Constitutional Council on May 3 , or by targeting the implementing decrees for the reform.
Nor is it excluded that consensus will emerge on other subjects in the future, such as wages or work.
In the meantime, "
we are not a single organization
", reminded Laurent Berger, a way of saying that the CFDT keeps its own agenda and its way of working,
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However, the executive would be wrong to welcome too quickly a return of the reformists to the negotiating table.
"
Everything will cost more
," warned Laurent Berger.
His union is thus expecting real proposals on issues such as the four-day week or the conditionality of public aid.
The price to pay to hope to definitively turn the page on pensions.
