“The French have a problem with Emmanuel Macron.” Guest of BFMTV this Monday after the televised speech of the President of the Republic, Sophie Binet, the new general secretary of the CGT, denounced the promulgation of the pension reform despite popular protest for several months.
The trade unionist thus referred to the first job contract project (CPE) defended in 2006 by the government of Dominique de Villepin. Adopted and later promulgated thanks to a 49.3, the CPE had been abandoned a month later in reaction to numerous demonstrations.
The “goal” of the referendum
Sophie Binet mentioned a second “target” on our antenna, that of May 3rd. “The Constitutional Council must rule on May 3 on the shared initiative referendum (RIP), which is one of the exit doors that the government is closing,” she said.
Whatever happens, the lowering of the legal retirement age does not happen on the side of the unions. “This reform robs us of two years of life, and the president goes ahead, accused the number 1 of the CGT. Our priority is not to raise the retirement age but to raise wages, respond to labor hardships, respond to environmental crises, achieve gender equality.
Source: BFM TV
