Questioned during his visit to the Salon de l’Agriculture, the Minister Delegate for Public Accounts once again called on the unions “to be responsible” a few days before the national strike on March 7.
“France at a standstill”, renewable strikes: the next few days are likely to be difficult for the French with the sixth day of mobilization of the unions on Tuesday March 7 against the pension reform.
Questioned during his visit to the Salon de l’Agriculture, the Minister Delegate for Public Accounts once again called on the unions “to be responsible”.
“It is the workers they are going to bring to their knees”
“I respect the right to strike (but) now I call for getting out of a form of hypocrisy. When I hear officials explain that they want to block France, it is the French people they are actually going to block “, he explains.
“When I hear some who say they want to bring the economy to its knees, it is the workers they are going to bring to its knees. Those who toast in general are those who toil. the French who have to take the metro, their car to go to work. White-collar workers, in general, they can telecommute”, continues the minister.
And to recall that “there were 12 million retirement pensions to be paid each month in the 2000s, there will be 20 million in the next few years, it is almost a doubling over a generation. No country can absorb such a shock without reforming the pension system. All countries have done it”.