François Hommeril (CFE-CGC) likes to meet Elisabeth Borne even if she lacks “room for maneuver”
The confederal president of the CFE-CGC François Hommeril said on BFMTV that he is “happy” to meet Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne with whom he will meet on Wednesday morning because a person quite rooted in reality according to him.
He adds, however, that it does not seem to have much room for maneuver because it is the Elysee who decides.
François Hommeril (CFE-CGC) does not think that Emmanuel Macron is deliberately contemptuous
“I don’t think the president of the republic is deliberately contemptuous,” said François Hommeril, confederal president of the CFE-CGC, at the microphone of BFMTV.
“His problem is that he has no empathy for the real world,” he added.
Cyril Chabanier (CFTC): “do not turn the page on pensions”
On BFMTV, the president of the CFTC shares the Prime Minister’s objective of addressing “other subjects” during the bilateral meetings scheduled for Wednesday.
Nevertheless, “we must not mix things up, going to these consultations on important subjects such as purchasing power, that does not mean that we are turning the page on pensions” explains Cyril Chabanier.
“But it’s important to go there to get things on wages, the conditionality of aid… because we are in a position of strength,” he adds.
Cyril Chabanier (CFTC): “we were not respected as we should have been”
On BFMTV, the president of the CFTC returned to the accusations of contempt towards the President of the Republic, accusations “rejected” by Emmanuel Macron during his interview on Monday evening.
“I’m not going to get into a semantic debate on contempt” he said on BFMTV but “we weren’t respected as we should have been” launches the manager. “There was deafness, there were lies” in particular on the absence of proposals from the unions. “It’s unbearable” adds Cyril Chabanier.
Laurent Berger will tell Borne that “we must repair”
The CFDT will speak “first” about pensions and then tell the Prime Minister that “we must repair” what she has “damaged a little in the world of work”, Laurent Berger said on Tuesday.
“We will first talk to him about pensions, telling him that there is a new meeting at the National Assembly and that we must let this meeting happen”, and then “we will tell him that he must repair” what it has “damaged a little in the world of work”, declared the number one of the CFDT on France 2.
Interview with Macron on TF1: Autain denounces “a part of madness in the speech” of the president
Guest of LCI, Clémentine Autain denounces a “very dogmatic” and “ideological” speech by Emmanuel Macron, after the interview with the Head of State broadcast on TF1 this Monday evening.
“There is a part of madness in this speech”, retorts the rebellious deputy. “Madness is doing the same thing over and over again thinking you can get a different result.”
“Madness is stubbornness,” she insists. Responding to the Head of State who criticizes the “denial of reality” of opponents of the pension reform, she attacks in return:
“The reality is that we are out of breath from 40 years of neoliberal politics.”
“To continue to think that the logic of the market will bring better living for people, it’s madness”, knocks the elected representative of Seine-Saint-Denis.
For Nadine Morano, Emmanuel Macron is “the president of useless speech”
At the microphone of Europe 1, MEP Nadine Morano (LR) believes that Emmanuel Macron has become “the president of useless speech”, after his interview on TF1 broadcast this Monday evening.
The elected denounces “a bogus announcement” from the Head of State:
“Coming on TV to tell the French, I’m going to lower taxes for the middle classes by 2 billion euros, without saying how, on what tax, but saying we’re going to do that during the five-year term, it’s still cheeky “.
Interview with Macron on TF1: for Jacobelli, “it was the return of the chief hustler”
Guest of France Info, Laurent Jacobelli, deputy of the National Rally, speaks on the interview with Emmanuel Macron at TF1 broadcast this Monday evening. The elected representative of Moselle returns in particular to the announcement of the Head of State of 2 billion in tax cuts for the middle classes.
“He arrives, makes an announcement, and behind, no one knows how he will finance it and where it will fall”, he castigates, believing that this interview marked “the return of the chief hustler”.
Franck Riester castigates the “inability” of the opposition to “look reality in the face”
Guest of Radio J, Franck Riester returns to the interview with Emmanuel Macron on TF1 this Monday and comments more particularly on the response of the President of the Republic to criticism calling him “contemptuous”
“The real contempt is the lie,” replied the head of state, thus returning to the pension reform.
“They targeted all those who are in denial of reality, all those who explained to us that we could not postpone the legal retirement age, without explaining the deficits to come”, explains Franck Riester.
The Minister for Relations with Parliament then referred to the bill proposed by the Liot group, consisting in repealing the postponement of the legal retirement age.
“They do not explain at all how they are going to finance this”, he denounces, seeing there the illustration of the “inability” of the oppositions to “look reality in the face”.
Laurent Berger (CFDT) will see Philippe Martinez once his mandate is over
“We’ll see each other with Philippe Martinez afterwards, we’ll have a drink” said Laurent Berger on France 2 about the end of his mandate at the head of the CFDT which is approaching and his links with the ex-leqder of the CGT.
He continued by explaining that it is not easy to leave for a trade unionist but that you have to know how to leave when you have had your time.
Laurent Berger “persists and signs” about the “contempt” of Emmanuel Macron
For the secretary general of the CFDT, this “contempt is linked to a lack of knowledge of the world of work”.
“He even said that there weren’t that many strikers, it was the depth of the world of work that was expressed, including in professional diversity,” he underlines on France 2.
Laurent Berger (CFDT) “does not applaud” the announcements on tax cuts
The secretary general of the CFDT “does not applaud” Emmanuel Macron’s announcements on tax cuts for the middle classes.
“It does not make a social policy the tax cuts” he said on France 2, “and it is extremely vague”.
Laurent Berger (CFDT) “aid to companies must be conditional on wages”
On France 2, the secretary general of the CFDT asks the government “to condition the aid” paid to companies “to the fact that there is no branch below the minimum wage”.
Meeting with Elisabeth Borne: what are the expectations of the unions?
After the pension reform, the trade unions consider themselves in a position of strength and they suddenly have big demands.
Salaries, public aid, working time… The unions will come to Matignon with a long shopping list and do not intend to release the pressure.
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‘I’ve always been in touch’: Macron responds to critics who call him ‘contemptuous’
Asked about the image he sends back to the French, the President of the Republic “challenged” being “contemptuous” during an interview broadcast on TF1 this Monday evening.
“I reject it because we don’t go into contact, as I have since I have been involved in political life, when we have contempt for people. And I’ll tell you, when you have contempt, you don’t care,” he said.
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“Above ground”, “disconnected”, “contemptuous”: the opposition castigates Emmanuel Macron after his interview
A few minutes after the interview given by Emmanuel Macron this Monday evening on TF1, the oppositions reacted strongly, denouncing an “above ground” and “contemptuous” president.
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Ukraine, taxes, Terminal … What to remember from the interview with Emmanuel Macron
To turn the page pension reform, Emmanuel Macron has multiplied the speeches in recent days and spoke again this Monday evening at 8 p.m. on TF1.
Elisabeth Borne begins her meetings with the unions
Elisabeth Borne receives today and tomorrow the trade union organizations within the framework of bilateral meetings. The Prime Minister meets this Tuesday with Frédéric Souillot (FO), then with Laurent Berger (CFDT).
The last meeting between the host of Matignon and the unions dates back to April 5.
Emmanuel Macron expected in Hauts-de-Seine before a trip to Iceland
The President of the Republic continues to increase travel. He is expected today at midday in the Hauts-de-Seine, in Saint-Cloud, for a trip devoted to biomedical research.
The Head of State will then leave France to go to Iceland, to Reykjavik, where he will take part in the 4th summit of the Council of Europe.
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