Fabrice Coudour, federal secretary of the CGT-FNME, the National Federation of Mines and Energy believes that “there are no subjects on mediation”. The tenth day of mobilization against the pension reform mobilized 740,000 people in France according to the Interior, 2 million for the CGT.
Mediation is “clearly not. We are for the withdrawal” of the pension reform, hammered Tuesday March 28 in the Eco guest of franceinfo, Fabrice Coudour, federal secretary of the CGT-FNME, the National Federation of Mines and Energy, while the inter-union proposed to the government “to appoint a mediation” For “find a way out” to the social crisis, mediation refused by the executive. “There is no need to have mediation when you can talk directly to each other”said Olivier Véran, the government spokesman.
Fabrice Coudour affirms it, “there are no topics on mediation”. For the CGT-FNME, “from the start, on the energy side, it was without compromise, without mediation, without downtime. There is only one way out, and that is withdrawal”. This withdrawal is “the preamble to any discussion”warns the trade unionist.
Despite the declining mobilization observed during this 10th day against the pension reform, Fabrice Coudour believes that the movement is not losing strength. “When we have a strike movement that has been in place for three months, we knew from the start that it would not be a 100 meters, but that it would be a marathon.” He believes that mobilization is “at a turn”.
He assures that he is not “abnormal that the participation in the demonstrations is slightly lower”. Fabrice Coudour notes “more than 180 strike pickets which are installed throughout the territory. This means employees who remain on their work sites to occupy it and who are not in the demonstrations”.
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The National Federation of Mines and Energy is watching “solidarity on the ground, determination” employees, “this anger which turned into rage following the various interventions of the president, but also 49.3”. Fabrice Coudour also emphasizes “strengthening young people”. “We see that young people are also entering the battle. It does not give a second wind, it comes to add. It is a movement that complements each other.”
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