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After the violence on the sidelines of the demonstrations against the pension reform on Thursday March 23, the threads of a dialogue seem to reappear. During the Council of Europe in Brussels, Emmanuel Macron wanted to salute the spirit of responsibility and appeasement of Laurent Berger and confided that he was at the disposal of the inter-union.
A political crisis, social anger and violence. After a ninth day of mobilization against the pension reform Thursday, March 23, is a truce possible? Laurent Berger, the leader of the CFDT lhinted Friday morning when asking for a time out. “Between January 10 and today, there has not been a meeting where the minister of laborthe Prime Minister or the President of the Republic received the union officials. It’s time to say take a break”, didhe said on RTL.
“The break is no”
Some hours more later, Emmanuel Macron, who nevertheless refused to receive the unions at the beginning of the month, seems to change his tune and suggests an opening. “offirst i thanks Laurent Berger for his spirit of responsibility and his desire to calm down which I share”, To declared from Brussels (Belgium) the Head of State. “I am at the disposal of the intersyndicale if they wish to come and meet me”he added. “When we say break, we mean break on the reform and on the withdrawal of the 64 years old”replied the entourage of Laurent Berger. What the entourage of the president specifies: “We are open to dialogue. Tomorrow, Sunday, Monday, we see Berger when he wants but the break is no. Positions irreconcilable for the time being, which could change in the coming days.
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