Is mediation with the government possible?

Laurent Berger, the Secretary General of the CFDT, has requested mediation with the government. What does the executive think? “A mediation for what. ‘We don’t particularly need mediation to talk to each other’. This is what Olivier Véran, the government spokesman, said earlier.“, explains Jeff Wittenberg, in duplex from the Elysée Palace, Tuesday March 28. Before continuing: “The unions can be received by the President of the Republic as well as by the Prime Minister. That’s what they advocate.“

Disagreements on “substance and form”

Philippe Martinez, Secretary General of the CGT calls for a break. “Olivier Véran answers: there will be implementing decrees, there will be the decision of the Constitutional Council. The law will not be applied until September. But on the heart of the law, the transition to the legal age at 64, we will not go back“, underlines the journalist. Thus, disagreements persist on “substance and form“.”The positions remain opposite. Note a small flat, by the voice of the MODEM which […] says he is not opposed to conciliation, mediation“, he concludes.