Philippe Martinez reaffirms that he will not run for the post of general secretary of the CGT
Philippe Martinez has firmly reiterated his intention not to run again at the head of the CGT during the 53rd congress of the trade union organization which will take place in March. He will return to Renault.
“It is better to leave when you have fun than when you are bored […] and annoy everyone,” he added.
He would like to see a woman at the head of the CGT.
Philippe Martinez: Elisabeth Borne’s call “was a call for pure communication”
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne called Philippe Martinez at 9:02 p.m. last Sunday, the CGT leader said on BFMTV.
“It was a pure communication call” which did not change anything on the merits.
“It feels like she doesn’t realize what’s going on in the country,” he added.
Philippe Martinez wonders “why is the government not listening?”
“There are millions of people who have marched since January 19” and yet the government does not react, underlined Philippe Martinez on BFMTV.
“Why is the government not listening?” he asks.
If that is not enough, the movement must be hardened as many employees demand, he said.
Philippe Martinez: “There must be millions of strikers” in the street on March 7
There must be millions of strikers on March 7 throughout France for the country to come to a standstill, explained Philippe Martinez on BFMTV.
March 7 is in everyone’s mind, he says while he hesitates to use the term blockage to qualify this great day of mobilization.
Philippe Martinez: “I still have quarters left to contribute”
“I still have quarters left to contribute” before I can retire, said the CGT leader at the microphone of BFMTV.
He clarified that he would soon be of legal age but that he will still have to continue to obtain all his trimesters.
Fabien Roussel says “regret the step aside of certain LFI deputies” on article 7
The Secretary General of the Communist Party Fabien Roussel said this Sunday on France 3 “to regret the side step of certain LFI deputies not to go to article 7” during the debates on the pension reform.
“I made the choice of unity and solidarity”, he boasted for his part, affirming that his camp had “made the choice of working together with all the groups” and in particular of withdraw his amendments to speed up the debate.
Philippe Martinez: “There will still be a lot of people who will stay below 1,200 euros”
Philippe Martinez, secretary general of the CGT, conceded at the microphone of BFMTV that there is “less evil” on long careers but that it is still unclear.
“There will still be a lot of people who will stay below 1,200 euros,” he added.
Philippe Martinez: The senior index is useless
“Basically, this index is useless,” said CGT leader Philipep Martinez at the microphone of BFMTV.
According to him, the real question is on the sanctions to be applied when companies dismiss their senior employees.
“The situation is known, so we must punish,” he added.
Philippe Martinez: Jean-Luc Mélenchon is not an ally of the social movement when he obstructs
Jean-Luc Mélenchon is not an ally of the social movement when he obstructs the National Assembly, said Philippe Martinez, the CGT leader, on BFMTV.
“It’s been a very long time since I spoke to Jean-Luc Mélenchon,” he said, adding that he “does not facilitate the clarity of the debates.”
Philippe Martinez angry at some of the LFIs who obstructed
Some of the members of La France Insoumise wanted to prevent the Assembly from debating Article 7 of the pension reform which addresses the postponement of the retirement age from 62 to 64, said CGT leader Philippe Martinez on BFMTV.
“There is the problem of the government and the problem of those who did not want to go as far as Article 7,” he said.
Philippe Martinez admitted that this made him angry.
Philippe Martinez: “The government’s choice was not the right one”
The choice of an accelerated procedure to pass the text on the pension reform was not the right one, said Philippe Martinez, secretary general of the CGT, at the microphone of BFMTV.
Philippe Martinez deplores that the incidents in the Assembly have taken up more space than the substance of the problem
The numerous incidents and the atmosphere in the National Assembly were mentioned more than “the substance of the problem and what is being debated in the street,” regretted Philippe Martinez, secretary general of the CGT, at the microphone of BFMTV.
Philippe Martinez regrets that there was no debate in the Assembly on the 64 years
The fact that the National Assembly has not yet debated or voted on the postponement of the legal age of departure from 62 to 64 is a problem, said Philippe Martinez, secretary general of the CGT, at the microphone of BFMTV .
He paraded in Albi (Tarn) last Thursday alongside his colleague Laurent Berger to demonstrate against the pension reform.
“You have to know when to stop”: Jean-François Copé tackles Aurélien Pradié
After the dismissal of Aurélien Pradié from his post of vice-president of the Republicans because of his too pronounced opposition to the pension reform, the former president of the UMP (ex-LR) Jean-François Copé tackles the deputy.
In an interview given to Sunday newspaperhe believes that “the young LR guard lives in a world that no longer exists, one where the match was played the old way, between right and left”.
The mayor of Meaux denounces a “tragi-comic escalation which leads them to overtake the PS on the left, where it would be necessary to remain firm on retirement at 65 – or 64”.
Asked about the case of Aurélien Pradié specifically, Copé affirms that “the ‘always more’ is not the mark of the right of government. There is a moment when you have to know when to stop”.
The left divided on the strategy to adopt in the National Assembly
After having tabled thousands of amendments, the Nupes was divided during the debates on the strategy to adopt concerning the pension reform.
Some, like the Green MPs, wanted to withdraw a large part of it in order to be able to debate Article 7, which enacts the postponement of the legal age from 62 to 64 years old. The number of amendments withdrawn was ultimately insufficient and the first reading examination ended on Friday without a vote on Article 7.
Emmanuel Macron’s popularity at its lowest in three years, according to a poll
According to a monthly IFOP survey for the Sunday newspaperEmmanuel Macron’s popularity is waning, even among his first-round voters in the 2022 presidential election.
Only 32% of French people say they are satisfied with its action, compared to 34% the previous month. He also loses 4 points among his voters in the first round (83%).
According to the weekly, this popularity rating is at its lowest since February 2020, just before the Covid-19 pandemic.
Our article on this survey can be read here.
Ciotti dismisses Pradié from his position as number 2 of the Republicans
The crisis had been brewing for several weeks within the party. The leader of the Les Républicains party Éric Ciotti announced on Saturday to dismiss his number 2 Aurélien Pradié, openly opposed to a part of the pension reform yet supported by LR.
“His repeated positions (were) no longer in line with the values of coherence, unity and unity which must guide the Republican right”, justified the boss of the LRs in a press release announcing the dismissal of the executive vice-president .
“Convictions, it is defendable”, replied the deputy of Lot on Saturday.
Our full article can be read here.
The text of the reform between the National Assembly and the Senate
The first reading of the pension reform project ended Friday in the National Assembly and it will resume in the Senate on February 28 in committee then on March 2 in public session in the hemicycle.
In the meantime, the unions are preparing the big day of social mobilization on Tuesday, March 7.
Thursday, for the fifth day of mobilization, Laurent Berger and his CGT counterpart Philippe Martinez displayed their agreement on BFMTV, under the sun of Albi. “We show that when the unions are present, when we do our job well (…) the population responds”, said Mr. Martinez, to whom the struggle offers a moment of breathing space, a few weeks before a congress of the CGT which promises to be stormy.
The CGT claims to have registered 10,200 memberships in January, the CFDT 10,000 between January 1 and February 3, twice as many as usual.
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