The head of the CFDT Laurent Berger called this Tuesday night 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 leader, who warns of the consequences of the executive’s silence.
“What is the democratic future of a country that balances 13,000 million euros with a movement that at its maximum mobilizes 284,000 people (…) when we are not capable of hearing that there are 2n.5 million people on the street? asks Laurent Berger.
“The responsibility for what will happen will be with the power of the day”, warns Laurent Berger, who warns against the “national risk of the Rassemblement”, “or the risk of violence or jacqueries that may develop”.
“I fear what will happen behind”
Tonight, the senators are debating Article 7 of the bill, which is due to be approved on Sunday night before returning to the National Assembly for a final vote, possibly on March 16.
Laurent Berger’s concern was shared by several elected officials on the floor of the Luxembourg Palace, including Bernard Jomier (ecologist). “The political consequences” of the sequence that the country is experiencing “will not necessarily be in the Republican arc,” he said.
The text, rejected by a large majority of the French population, continues to be defended tooth and nail by the Government, which stresses “the need” for such a reform.
The Élysée 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.
Source: BFM TV
