The president of the MoDem and High Commissioner for Planning was the guest of “8:30 a.m. franceinfo”, Monday April 17, 2023.
François Bayrou, President of the MoDem and High Commissioner for Planning was the guest of the 8:30 a.m. france infoMonday April 17, 2023. Retirements, baccalaureate reform, end of life… He answers questions from Marc Fauvelle and Salhia Brakhlia.
Speech by Emmanuel Macron: the president must “learn the lessons of this sequence”
“It would seem natural to me that [le président] draws lessons from this sequence, that he reports to the French people on the choices that have been made and which are so important for their future”, believes François Bayrou, after the enactment of the pension reform. According to him, “the president has all the means to express himself and the country has all the means to bounce back”. “We are in a moment of reconstruction, of revival”he adds. “Can the president say ‘we stop’? It’s ridiculous! He was elected to give back to the country this will to move forward which it lacks so much”continues François Bayrou.
Convinced that another reform was possible
“We failed to convey the fundamental explanation of the pension reform”analyzes François Bayrou, convinced that another reform and another balance of power were possible. “I continue to think that the day we ask the question of a return to balance, it will take a mix of contributions for the idea of justice to be taken into account”, insists the president of the Modem, who has always defended his desire to increase employer pension contributions. At the question, “this reform is not quite yours”François Bayrou responds “you are completely right”. However, he considers that certain provisions of the text were “positive”as “gradual retirement”.
Pensions: “We must resume” the senior index
François Bayrou believes that it is necessary “to resume” the senior index, provision censored by the Constitutional Council, in another text. “You have to do it in a relaxed way”. “Anything related to the agreement with employee organizations and employers’ organizations must be resumed”, he summarizes. The president of the Modem also considers that “disagreements will have to be reduced, could have been reduced” with trade unions and professional organizations, even if they “are used to the balance of power”. “It’s their mother tongue.”
Reform of the baccalaureate: it has “brought a lot of complexity”
Jean-Michel Blanquer’s baccalaureate reform “brought a lot of complexity into the idea that students and their families have of high school”laments François Bayrou. “It has a lot of consequences, the class group hardly exists anymore, it has split into dozens of options”, regrets the former Minister of Education. According to him, the reform will have to be reformed. “I am convinced that one day this question will be asked again and will have to be asked again because there are empty chairs in the classrooms and because I am told that philosophy no longer has the importance it should have. “he summarizes. “Similarly, Parcoursup does not seem totally satisfactory”continues François Bayrou before acknowledging “but maybe it’s nostalgia for a former Minister of National Education”.
End of life: “Let’s apply the law that is not applied”
Asked about the question of the end of life, François Bayrou recalls that his position “has not changed on this subject”. “Let’s apply the law that is not applied today”he specifies concerning the Claeys-Leonetti law, deploring in particular the fact “that there are dozens of departments that have no palliative care organization”.