the decree announced by Gabriel Attal provokes the anger of the unions and annoyance within the majority

At the highest level of the State, members of the executive give different speeches on this reform which is unanimously contested by the unions.

Unemployment insurance reform? “One more stink ball”, an MP annoys, having returned to the campaign without knowing which foot to dance on. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has promised that a decree will enshrine the new rules at France Travail. It will come into force on July 1, the day after the first round of the legislative elections. The reform would apply by the end of the year. But the head of government seems to disagree with Emmanuel Macron. On the union side, the announcement of a decree passed in July pushes them to take action in the days to come.

By promising this decree, Gabriel Attal seemed to contradict the President of the Republic. The two men share the idea of ​​an “indispensable” reform, but during his press conference Wednesday June 12, Emmanuel Macron showed himself open to a debate on the modalities, after the elections. However, for Gabriel Attal, the decree applied at the beginning of January will enshrine the reform.

Contacted, the Renaissance party kicks in. “Everything is lunar”, laments an advisor. Some, around Emmanuel Macron, are trying to convince themselves: return to this reform “would not allow us to rally people on the left”, releases support. At the risk of the executive being obtuse or obsessive on a reform which provokes the anger of the left and all the unions.

There are eight of them asking the government to renounce: the CFDT, the CGT, Force Ouvrière, the CFE-CGC, the CFTC, the Unsa, Solidaires, and the FSU. “This is the most violent unemployment insurance reform we have ever seen,” sharply criticized on franceinfo Denis Gravouil. The one who is in charge of unemployment insurance at the CGT, promises militant and legal actions. His union plans to file an appeal before the Council of State. A desire shared by the CFTC, but “we have to find the legal loophole”underlined its president, Cyril Chabanier, at the microphone of franceinfo.

This reform is more widely rejected by the left and by the National Rally. On the other hand, she was supported by Les Républicains, before the comments of Eric Ciotti which led to her exclusion. As for employers’ organizations, they are in favor of these new rules.