Pensions: "We are not in parts", insists François Bayrou

“We are not in parts”, launched François Bayrou about the pension reform, this Sunday in Guidel (Morbihan) at the end of the Summer Universities of the Modem.

He called on Emmanuel Macron to take "a decisive step" towards "a more respectful method of reform".

Indeed, the hypothesis of a rapid pension reform via an amendment to the Social Security budget divides the majority.

If Edouard Philippe asked the government to quickly state its intentions, François Bayrou, the boss of the Modem remains on these positions.

Already in our columns, a week ago, he had warned against a "forced passage" on pension reform.

“Take three or four months to reflect together, and put options and proposals on the table, I think that would be good not only for civil peace (that matters) but for the reform itself,” he said. He insists.

“We do not govern against the people”

“It is a duty, when one is a ruler, to share the reasons for action with those who have given you the mission to govern them,” he added, allowing himself a little advice without telling the audience. Address of the President of the Republic.

“Because behind all this, there is not only the question of pensions.

There is the question of the method of reform that can be followed for this country”, he professed.

And to add: “I hear critics who say: “It will drag on, we will do nothing more”.

I take the liberty of pointing out that by refusing this method, we blocked the reforms for decades” citing the great strikes of 1995 and “until the last under the government of Édouard Philippe”.

And to support his demonstration: "At the time of the Yellow Vests crisis, I said: we do not govern against the people".

According to him, "The rulers carry out reforms, they are often well inspired, but if they do not have the support of the people who elected them, the reforms are blocked and do not pass".

Because "society is so eruptive that the objective must be to convince it before dragging it along", he concluded.

According to him, this pension reform is not a reform for “the rulers, for the political parties of the majority, for an ideological advantage, it is a reform for the French”.

With "a work of consultation", "I think that we are taking a decisive step in a more respectful method", he insisted.

Whether this message will be heard remains to be seen.