Back off to better blow up.
This is what the trade unions fear after the surprise announcement of the postponement to January 10 of the presentation of the pension reform, initially scheduled for next Thursday.
If some see this as proof of disagreements within the executive, no one is fooled about the outcome: the postponement of the retirement age, even if the one-month deadline gives the government the time to
"exchange"
on his project, as the Head of State said.
"They are feverish and procrastinate"
, judge the boss of a central, who hopes to take the opportunity to advance his pawns on the secondary aspects (employment of seniors, professional wear, equity, etc.) of the reform.
The CFDT is clearly targeted by this report.
At best, the executive hopes to convince the progressive center to support part of the text;
at worst, it moderates its calls for united mobilization during the strike days already expected in January.
In the absence of support, the government subsequently augurs the benevolent neutrality of the CFDT...
“More social justice”
“Our positioning is not a surprise
, reminds Le
Figaro
Laurent Berger, its secretary general, who however takes note of the announced postponement.
We wanted consultation to be able to discuss all aspects of the reform – and we made proposals in this direction – while saying what we would not move on, in particular the postponement of the legal age.
And the little extra month of discussion made possible by the postponement of the presentation of the reform will not change anything.
“We will continue to carry our priority demands for more social justice”
, in particular
“an improved long career system”
and
“a hardship account which integrates the three ergonomic criteria to give the right to early departures”
, specifies the reformist leader.
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But, for the rest, it's still niet.
No question of guaranteeing the slightest decline in the retirement age limit or acceleration of the Touraine reform, which in 2032 brings the contribution period to 43 annuities to claim a full pension.
And too bad if Laurent Berger, who in 2019 supported the universal diet project carried by Emmanuel Macron, is accused by the president's entourage of all evils, in particular of not having the courage to defend before public opinion - like his predecessors in 1995 or 2003 - a reform deemed necessary.
With the consequence of being the one and only responsible for raising the age limit to 65 years for having refused the Head of State's proposal to limit the postponement to 64 years in return for an acceleration of the increasing the contribution period.
At a time when purchasing power and energy issues are very important, such a project is madness.
Laurent Berge
“I am calm and will continue to wear what I believe in
, replies the union leader.
The search for a compromise with the right in Parliament is not worth social acceptance, and I wish good luck to all those who will plead before the French that postponing the age is social progress.
At a time when the issues of purchasing power and energy are very significant, such a project is madness, and nothing justifies such a brutal measure which will first penalize the most modest employees, especially in the second line .
And all the unions, CFDT in the lead, will be united in saying no to the president.
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