the inter-union notes “a failure” after the meeting with Borne

Dialogue is still blocked between unions and the government. The inter-union which is fighting the pension reform noted on Wednesday April 5 a “failure” after a meeting of less than an hour at Matignon with Elisabeth Borne, during which the Prime Minister refused, according to the unions, the withdrawal of the text. “We repeated to the Prime Minister that there can be no other democratic outcome than the withdrawal of the text. The Prime Minister replied that she wanted to maintain her text, a serious decision”declared Cyril Chabanier (CFTC) on behalf of the inter-union on the steps of Matignon.

“It is necessarily a failure when the Prime Minister does not make any opening on this discussion. So yes it is necessarily a failure”, he added. Unions refuse to “turn the page and open, as the government wishes, other sequences of consultations”. “We appeal to the wisdom of the Constitutional Council, which must hear the just anger of the workers”, said the union official, while the Elders must decide on the reform on April 14. He also invited “to join massively” to the eleventh day of mobilization scheduled for Thursday.

The Prime Minister evokes an “important meeting”

“We will not ignore the fact that millions of employees are mobilizing”underlined at his side, the general secretary of the CFDT Laurent Berger, considering that“we are experiencing a serious democratic crisis”. “The Prime Minister has sent us a plea of ​​inadmissibility and has chosen to send us back to the streets”launched for its part the new general secretary of the CGT Sophie Binet, pointing to a meeting “useless” and ensuring that the intersyndicale “will be united until the end”.

For her part, Elisabeth Borne hailed a “important meeting”, “even if our disagreements on age did not allow for in-depth discussions”. “The trade unions, as they were able to tell you, are available to work later on these subjects and I told them my availability and that of my government because I do not plan to move forward without the social partners”, she assures.