“It is obvious that at some point, we will have to talk to the government again,” said CGT secretary general Sophie Binet.

The last time the unions were received by the Prime Minister, on April 5, the meeting had fallen short, for lack of openness to a possible withdrawal from the pension reform. Has the situation changed? While Elisabeth Borne has promised to invite the inter-union again, the general secretary of the CGT does not rule out accepting the invitation: “It is obvious that at some point, we will have to talk to the government again. The CGT does not have an empty chair policy”answers Sophie Binet on franceinfo, Friday April 28.

It does not confirm that the CGT will accept a meeting: the new leader of the CGT refers the question to a meeting of the inter-union scheduled for May 2, the day after a new day of mobilization. Moreover, “the last question is the content”she believes. “We are still not told, for example, about salary”. “If there is no withdrawal from this pension reform, there will be a deep mistrust that will remain, both in the country and with the trade unions”she also warns.

“My objective is to resume discussions with the intersyndicales from the beginning of May”Elisabeth Borne had declared Thursday, on France 2. Franceinfo learned Friday that the invitations would be quickly sent to the unions for a meeting in the middle of the first week of May.