The leader of the CFDT warns of the political consequences of the silence of the executive after the exceptional mobilization of the French against the pension reform this Tuesday, March 7.
The boss of the CFDT Laurent Berger called this Tuesday evening on the set of France 5 the government for “responsibility”, a few hours after the mobilization of more than 1.28 million people against the pension reform. “There is still time to press the pause button,” says the union official, who warns of the consequences of the executive’s silence.
“What is the democratic future of a country that balances 13 billion euros with a movement that at its maximum mobilizes 284,000 people (…) when we are not able to hear the fact that it are 2n.5 million people on the street?” asks Laurent Berger.
“I say it, the democratic future of the country is worrying”, insists the boss of the CFDT.
“The responsibility for what will happen will be that of the power in place”, warns Laurent Berger, who warns against the “Rassemblement national risk”, “or the risk of violence or jacqueries which could develop”
“I fear what will happen behind”
Tonight, senators are debating article 7 of the bill, which should be adopted by Sunday evening before returning to the National Assembly for a final vote, potentially on March 16.
Laurent Berger’s concern was shared by several elected officials in the hemicycle of the Luxembourg Palace, including Bernard Jomier (ecologist). “The political consequences” of sequence that the country experiences “will not necessarily be in the Republican arc,” he said.
“The political exploitation of the consequences of this reform is others who are on the lookout,” he warns. “This time, I fear what will happen behind.”
The text, rejected by a large majority of the French population, is still defended tooth and nail by the government, which emphasizes “the need” for such a reform.
The Elysée assured the unions that “the door of the executive has always remained open” to discuss the pension reform, without however responding directly to their request to be received “urgently” by Emmanuel Macron.