LCI morning guest, the CFDT general secretary returned to the “democratic crisis” that he already mentioned on the sidelines of the Parisian procession on the last day of mobilization against the pension reform last Thursday. “This democratic crisis does not mean that it is the sole and entire responsibility of the government, he insisted. I never said it and it’s not what I think. I think there are underlying elements to this democratic crisis.”
For Laurent Berger, this democratic crisis does not mean that France is not a democratic country, but rather “that today there is a feeling”. “We are in a country where, unfortunately, distrust in institutions is extremely powerful, he continued. We see it with respect to those who govern and it is the case with several other institutions.”
Favors rise of power of RN
The union leader stressed that a democratic crisis is a “conjunction of phenomena.” Among these phenomena, he also cites “a feeling of invisibility within a tired and fractured society”: “Look at what is happening with this pension reform. It is the world of work in its immense diversity, its thickness and in its local reality with large demonstrations, speaking out against the pension reform but also to say “here we are, we want recognition”.
Laurent Berger ended his speech with a criticism of “national representation” and the “exercise of the responsibility of power” that distrusts the population: “We have a verticality of power on the one hand and on the other a Parliament where the spectacle that is given it is unfortunately unworthy According to the general secretary of the CFDT, all these elements favor the rise of the RN:
“The two springs of the National Association are social resentment and distrust in the institutions and that is what is experienced today. I am issuing an alert and that alert is taken as a form of attack and I think there is a mistake on the part of the Government.”
Source: BFM TV
