There are no longer any strikers at the TotalEnergies refinery in Gonfreville-l’Orcher (Seine-Maritime). Gathered in a general meeting, the employees voted, Tuesday, April 11, the end of the strike, announced the management and the CGT of the platform with France Bleu Normandie. The site was the last to maintain the strike movement against the pension reform, which began on March 7. Shipments and transfers restart but “the resumption of production may take a few days”, specifies the direction of TotalEnergies to France Bleu Normandie. Follow our live.
“We are in a serious democratic crisis”. “We are in a country where distrust of institutions is extremely powerful”Laurent Berger explained on Tuesday on LCI. The secretary general of the CFDT had already described the situation last week as “democratic crisis”, arousing strong reactions within the executive. Trade unions “confuse social conflict and democratic crisis”said government spokesman Olivier Véran on Thursday.
Ddemonstrators on the tracks in Brittany, TER traffic disrupted. Several regional trains were canceled Tuesday morning in Brittany due to the presence on the tracks of demonstrators against the reform, announced the regional communication of the SNCF. “Around 6 a.m., people were present on the tracks at Morlaix, Guingamp and Landerneau stations”, said a regional spokeswoman for the railway company. Traffic began to pick up around 8 a.m.
Decisive week for Elisabeth Borne. The Prime Minister completes her consultations with the unions and the political parties on Tuesday by receiving Marine Le Pen, the leader of the National Rally deputies.
Three options for the Constitutional Council. The Elders will make their decision on the pension reform on Friday. Three scenarios are possible: a validation of the text, a total censorship or a partial censorship. This last option, the most likely, could suit the executive: the measures set aside by the Constitutional Council could be recycled in a labor law.