Stéphane Séjourné, secretary general of the Renaissance presidential party, was the guest of “8:30 am franceinfo”, Friday April 7, 2023. Pensions, Constitutional Council, Laurent Berger, shared value, pesticides… He answers questions from Lorrain Sénéchal and Neïla Latrous .
Pensions: “Everyone wants to calm things down”
Stéphane Séjourné, affirms that “everyone wants to calm things down and everyone wants social appeasement” the day after the 11th day of mobilization against the pension reform. “We have to make fairly concrete proposals and reach out” unions, he adds. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne also called for “appeasement”Thursday, April 7, in front of several media including franceinfo.
Laurent Berger and the rise of extremes: “The CFDT has been irreproachable”
While tensions have arisen in recent days between Laurent Berger, secretary general of the CFDT and Emmanuel Macron, Stéphane Séjourné affirms that “the CFDT was irreproachable in this mobilization” in the face of rising extremes.
Laurent Berger mentioned “the serious democratic crisis” crossed by France. The Head of State replied that the words used by the trade unionist were in danger of doing “ride the extremes”. Lawrence Berger “is very clear about the institutions. It is very clear about democracy and the legitimacy of elected officials. We can salute the responsibility of the CFDT”emphasizes Stéphane Séjourné.
Constitutional Council: “We do not hand over the political decision” to the Elders
“We do not put the political decision in the hands of the Constitutional Council”says Stéphane Séjourné while the wise men must make their decision on April 14 on the examination of the text of the pension reform. “It is up to us, political leaders, to make proposals, to open heads of chapters with the social partners. This is what the Prime Minister has started to do”he explains. “It is an important moment the decision of the Constitutional Council, because it completes the democratic progress of the law”underline.
Shared value: a law “before the summer”
“There is a desire to translate the agreement of the social partners into law as soon as possible”, he assured. The CFDT, FO, CFTC and CFE-CGC signed the value-sharing agreement on February 27.
“In any case, we have the desire to be able to share wealth more fairly in business. We have to move quickly now that the agreement has been signed, so it should be possible before the summer”says Stéphane Séjourné.
Pesticides in tap water: “We must not create psychosis”
A report from the Health Safety Agency (Anses) highlights the quality of our tap water. We find in 34% of the water distributed the presence of a derivative of a pesticide, chlorothalonil. “We must not create psychosis on water consumption”he says. “It is the quality of the water that is in question, not the health”he added.
Chlorothalonil, used on beets, vines and cereals has been banned since 2020: “We can clearly see the difficulty we have with these products which last for a very long time since this product has been banned in France”he admits.
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