“We are not in a political fight.” On the eve of the 11th day of mobilization against the pension reform, the general secretary of the CFDT Laurent Berger was the guest of BFMTV. In particular, he was received this Wednesday morning with his counterparts from the other Matignon plants by Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne.
They left after only an hour, having obtained no advance from the government. At the end of this meeting, the CFDT general secretary stated that the country is going through “a democratic crisis.” Words that did not happen in the Elysium.
“I call for calm, to keep your nerves. I call on the President of the Republic not to issue short sentences. Otherwise, he will end up alienating all the union organizations, ”estimated the union representative. the National Rally”.
“How do we appease? Respecting our interlocutors”
Despite the brief meeting around Elisabeth Borne this Wednesday morning, Emmanuel Macron “will see the unions” after the Constitutional Council’s decision on pension reform next week, BFMTV learned from the president’s entourage.
“Ask Madame Borne if we didn’t respect her this morning, ask if there were any hurtful words. Disagreements yes, we are in a democracy, but no hurtful words. Madame Borne has never had hurtful words towards the unions”, finally. declared Laurent Berger on our antenna.
Source: BFM TV
