The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

Pension reform: the CFDT fears a "social explosion"

2020-12-01T17:12:51.279Z


The general secretary of the union, Laurent Berger, believes that this reform is not possible before the presidential elections.


The debate on pension reform is "

inappropriate

".

This is what the secretary general of the CFDT, Laurent Berger, believes.

While the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, wants to make it an “absolute priority”, the union representative warns: “

today we don't have time to work there calmly, without tension.

Until the presidential election, there is no possibility of reform except to want a social explosion.

If the government, in the spring, comes with a parametric pension reform, the CFDT will firmly oppose it

”.

Last Sunday, Bruno Le Maire nevertheless let it be known that this pension reform was, with "

the return of growth

" and "

the control of our operating expenses

", one of the factors which will allow the State "

to repay the debt

From the Covid.

False, retorts this Tuesday Laurent Berger, at the microphone of Europe 1:

"If we invest in the ecological transition, in the sustainable economy, we can confine (the debt)"

, he explains.

At the same time, the boss of the CFDT proposes to make

"a very long-term repayment"

.

“You have to deal with issues when they arise.

Debt is great early on, ”

he said.

“We needed emergency measures.

You also have to get into debt to invest.

It is absolutely necessary ”

.

Laurent Berger believes that “

the priority at the moment is economic recovery, social cohesion, the issue of employment and unemployment.

We must concentrate on that (...) We are still at this moment when we are investing in the future, we do not have the measure of all that this crisis has produced on social systems ”

.

In addition,

“we have enough tension today,”

he concludes.

Source: lefigaro

All news articles on 2020-12-01

You may like

Trends 24h

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.