A measurement “positive”, but “in halftone”, commented Céline Verzeletti, CGT confederal secretary, Tuesday January 3 on franceinfo while Elisabeth Borne announced to return to the reduction in the duration of compensation by 40%, if unemployment is less than 6%. “As we are not at an unemployment rate below 6%, in any case, it would not apply”, she added. Follow our live.
The left welcomes “a first setback”. “The proof that the balance of power pays! If we mobilize massively, we can make the government back down on the pension reform!”, has writes on Twitter the deputy and leader of La France insoumise Manuel Bompard. “Today, Élisabeth Borne is backing down on unemployment insurance. Tomorrow, she will be backing down on her pension reform. All mobilized!”added the national secretary of the Communist Party, Fabien Roussel.
CFTC and CFDT react. “The Prime Minister says ‘There has not been enough consultation’, there has not been any at all! They are backtracking, so much the better”reacted Yvan Ricordeau (CFDT). “This is a good thing”, also greeted Cyril Chabanier (CFTC), “happy to have been able to make the government listen to reason by withdrawing an unfair and ineffective measure targeting the most precarious”.
The government is backtracking. Elisabeth Borne announced on Tuesday the temporary withdrawal of the provision which provided for further tightening in the event of unemployment falling below 6%. Transmitted on the eve of Christmas, December 23, to the social partners, the draft decree on the new reform of unemployment insurance had aroused the anger of the unions who had discovered the track of a reduction in the duration of compensation for 40% if the unemployment rate fell below 6% (against 7.3% currently).