towards a major social conference on the initiative of Elisabeth Borne?

The meeting is important for all parties. Elisabeth Borne receives the unions at Matignon from this Tuesday, May 16 in order to renew the dialogue after the promulgation of the pension reform and before the bill of the Liot deputies aimed at the repeal of the reform examined on June 8. Five unions are expected at Matignon for bilateral talks without “specific agenda“.

>> Pension reform, working conditions, inflation … What will the unions and Elisabeth Borne discuss from this Tuesday at Matignon?

Thus, in the detail of the calendar, this Tuesday, the Force Ouvrière union will go to Matignon at 6:15 p.m. The CFDT will go there at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, the CFE-CGC is invited at 10:45 a.m. The CFTC will go at 12 p.m. Cyril Chabanier will go with his general secretary Eric Heitz and his vice-president Pascale Coton. Finally, the CGT is expected at 5 p.m.

Everyone around the table on a date

For these meetings, Elisabeth Borne assured that she does not wish to impose “framework, nor agenda” to the unions. The priority for the Prime Minister is to be “listening“of the priorities of trade unions.”It takes a lot of tact in the resumption of dialogue“, insisted the head of government on Monday at franceinfo. “They want to be able to negotiate, I make sure to give them positive signals on the method we want to put in place“, concludes the Prime Minister. Élisabeth Borne is convinced that individually certain unions, such as the CFDT, in particular, will agree to talk about everything she considers to be the promise “concrete improvements in the lives of workers“.

In private, according to information from franceinfo, the Prime Minister suggests that she aspires to put everyone back around the table during an appointment which may resemble a large social conference.