A revision of the draft decree on unemployment insurance, sent to union bodies on Friday just before New Year’s Eve, falls ill with union representatives and some left-wing personalities.
The revised version of the text foresees reducing the duration of compensation for job seekers by 40% instead of 25% if the unemployment rate falls below 5%. Problem: this tightening was initially planned for an unemployment rate of less than 6% and the social partners say they have not been consulted.
“The Government sits a little more in solidarity”
The CFDT was the first to react to this announcement: “regrets and denounces a new arbitration once again in favor of the most fragile”. In its press release this Saturday, the first union in France states that it “will fight for the most precarious, the long-term unemployed and in particular the elderly” so that “they do not suffer this new injustice.”
Laurent Berger, general secretary of the CFDT, insisted on “pure disloyalty” that the Government has demonstrated by the absence of “consultation with the social partners”. Denis Gravouil, head of the CGT’s unemployment insurance file, told Franceinfo that “both basically and in method, it’s a lousy Christmas present.”
Furthermore, Jean-François Foucard, CFE-CGC confederal secretary, believes that the fact of “doing this secretly on December 23 shows that they do not have a clear conscience.” “The Government sits a little more in solidarity. This is unacceptable, ”he insisted.
A version of the reform that attracts the ire of the left
Left-wing political figures in the French political landscape were also quick to react calmly. The leader of the communists Fabien Roussel, for example, tweeted “Santa Claus is rubbish 2”.
For his part, the first secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, described the Executive as “the coconut government”, recalling that the first version of this reform already provided for an average reduction of 16% in compensation.
The lexical field of Christmas is, therefore, appropriate to denounce the government’s adjustments and thus mark the beginning of a clamor against this reform considered imperfect. With a touch of sarcasm, LFI deputy Alma Dufour, she, shared his Christmas greetings“except for the members of the government who have prepared a nice gift for the French.”
Source: BFM TV
