Manuel Bompard sent an SMS and a letter to Sophie Binet after her election as head of the union

The outstretched hand of LFI and the CGT. According to information from franceinfo, Manuel Bompard, the coordinator of France Insoumise, sent a congratulatory SMS to Sophie Binet after her election as head of the CGT, as well as a letter, offering her a meeting between LFI and her union. . An outstretched hand while relations between Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the former president of the LFI group in the National Assembly and Philippe Martinez, the former secretary general of the CGT were notoriously tense.

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According to concordant sources, Manuel Bompard also offered him a meeting extended to the inter-union and to the Nupes parties, with the aim of renewing the dialogue, in particular in the event of validation by the Constitutional Council of the RIP (referendum of initiative shared) on raising the retirement age to 64.

As a reminder, the Elders must announce Friday April 14, at the end of the day, if they validate the government’s project concerning the pension reform, or if they censure it in part or in its entirety. They will also judge whether the left’s request for a shared initiative referendum is admissible or not.