For Sophie Binet, “we had to start with the employment of seniors” before the reform
While Emmanuel Macron calls on the social partners to work together on the problem of the employment of seniors to find solutions before the end of the year, the general secretary of the CGT believes that things are being done “in the wrong way order”. “We had to start with the employment of seniors before making this violent reform, she believes. It is the employment of seniors that conditions the fact that we can possibly lengthen and postpone the retirement age. Today, there is massive unemployment since more than half of people over 60 are not at work because we don’t want them.”
“The employment of seniors is a priority because if we were at the European average, there would be no deficit in our pension system because that would bring in nearly 15 billion euros in additional contributions into our pension funds. “
“The countdown has already started”: for Manon Aubry, “the Macron era is coming to an end”
Guest of France Info, Manon Aubry returns to the popularity rating of Emmanuel Macron, which is at its lowest one year after his re-election as President of the Republic.
For the MEP from La France insoumise, “the countdown has already started”. “The Macron era is coming to an end”, she judges, pointing out that social anger is focused on the figure of the head of state in the demonstrations.
“As long as we do not withdraw this reform, it will be difficult to regain relationships of trust”, warns Sophie Binet
A week before the next day of mobilization, the CGT leader recalls that the objective of the inter-union, “close-knit and solid”, remains the withdrawal of the reform. “As long as we do not withdraw this reform, it will be difficult to regain relations of trust, she underlines. The CGT is never in favor of the empty chair.”
“We are preparing a unitary and popular May Day. There will be more than 300 demonstrations throughout the territory.”
Pension reforms: Sophie Binet denounces “total hypocrisy” on the part of the executive
The general secretary of the CGT criticized the attitude of Emmanuel Macron who “does things in the wrong order” by calling on the unions for discussion after having promulgated the pension reform.
“We are faced with total hypocrisy with, on the one hand, a government which for three months, even six months, refuses to hear the unions’ proposals to finance our pension scheme, which refuses to meet with us and which suddenly pass his reform in force by promulgating it in a hurry on the night of the weekend and wake up the next day saying “I want to receive the unions”.
For Darmanin, Macron “could have spoken more” on pension reform
Guest of France 2, Gérald Darmanin believes that Emmanuel Macron has “maybe” not been “present enough” on the pension reform.
“I think that the President of the Republic, the day after the presidential election and then, no doubt, during this particular period of pension reform […] could have talked more,” said the Minister of the Interior.
A speech in line with that of Emmanuel Macron, who estimated in an interview with Parisian that he “perhaps should have” more [s]and get wet”.
Sophie Binet denies any link between the CGT and the power cut in the Hérault clinic
Invited on the set of BFMTV, the secretary general of the CGT returned to the power cut that occurred in a clinic in Hérault last Thursday. “The power cut is not linked to the CGT, she insisted. We never cut the electricity in health establishments. And when we do actions, we claim them.”
“It’s completely disconnected from what happened at college and the airfield […] There are tensions on the electricity supply. Employees will continue to decide on actions to be heard.”
Pension reform: Patrick Kanner calls on Emmanuel Macron to “stop his arrogance”
Emmanuel Macron told the Parisian “totally assume” “little phrases”, quoting the one that explained that it was enough to “cross the street” to find a job.
The head of state also explained that he did not despise opponents of pension reform. “Someone who despises does not go to the front of the crowd”, explained the president.
Reply from Patrick Kanner, the boss of the Socialist deputies: “”for the next 4 years to be ‘appeased’, we will have to stop this arrogance and listen to our country”.
Macron judges that he “should have gotten more wet” on the pension reform, Corbière replies that “presidentialism drives you crazy”
“Always modest our president”, quips Alexis Corbière, after the interview with Emmanuel Macron in The Parisian who judges that he “should have gotten more wet” on retirement at 64.
“Presidentialism drives crazy, strongly the 6th Republic”, adds the deputy LFI.
For Rousseau, Macron must “stop brutalizing people”
“We have to stop brutalizing people”, says Sandrine Rousseau on LCI, to the address of Emmanuel Macron. “We need to take care of ourselves and the planet”.
“Taking care of ourselves means taking the time, talking, not closing the door to the inter-union when it asks to be auditioned,” said the ecologist deputy from Paris.
“What does it take for people with arduous jobs to be respected?” she asks. “Not respecting them is, basically, being very sure of yourself but not listening to the other”.
Pension reform: for Clément Beaune, Emmanuel Macron knows that he “is expected” by the French
The trips of the executive have been heckled in recent days, between pots and the reception committee, starting with Emmanuel Macron last Wednesday in Alsace. But there is no question of slowing down the president’s return to the field.
“The president wants to re-engage in the debate and he knows that he is expected”, defends Clément Beaune, the Minister of Transport.
“Perhaps I should have gotten more wet,” said the head of state in an interview with Le Parisien this Sunday evening.
Interview with Macron at the “Parisien”: Rousseau deplores that he “speaks only of himself” and invites him to “talk about the people”
After the interview with Emmanuel Macron at Parisian, Sandrine Rousseau denounces the “elements of language” of the President of the Republic.
“I feel like it’s him alone against everyone. His government hasn’t been up to it, we haven’t understood, but he knows what’s good for us,” lambasted the Green MP for Paris.
“In this interview, he only talks about himself, I would like him to talk about the people,” adds the elected official.
May 1: Bompard calls for the biggest demonstration “ever organized”
On May 1, the unions are calling for a day of historic mobilization. If this day marks Labor Day, the centrals also have pension reform in mind. And the left is pushing for the French to mobilize.
“We must ensure that this demonstration is the most powerful that has ever been organized in this country”, said Manuel Bompard, national coordinator of La France insoumise, at the microphone of CNews.
Objective: “that the President of the Republic understands that it is not time to move on, that the subject is still (that) (d) pensions.”
After Macron’s interview with “Le Parisien”, Bompard denounces his “contempt”
After the interview with Emmanuel Macron at ParisianManuel Bompard denounces on CNews the “contempt” of the President of the Republic on the pension reform.
For him this interview, gives, on the part of the Head of State, “this feeling that the French have not understood very well”.
“It’s contemptuous because it gives the impression that this opposition to pension reform is in fact a lack of understanding,” he said, adding:
“The French have understood very well: they do not agree with the idea that you have to work two more years.”
Pans, power cuts … Emmanuel Macron denounces “incivism”
“It’s no longer a dispute.” Emmanuel Macron returned this Sunday, in an interview granted to the Parisianon the different forms of protest around pension reform. According to the President of the Republic, the sound of saucepans that accompanied some of his movements these last days constitute a form of “incivility”.
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Emmanuel Macron believes that he must “reengage in public debate”
Emmanuel Macron defends his contested reform. In an interview given At Parisian and published this Sunday, the Head of State reaffirms the need for pension reform. “Whatever the hypotheses, we are in deficit”, he supports.
According to the president, this reform “gives us muscle” because it reduces the deficit. Thus, other “major projects” can then be launched.
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Welcome to this live dedicated to pension reform. Promulgated for more than a week, the text still arouses many disputes. In this context, Emmanuel Macron now appears on the front line, unlike previous months when he left the government in the spotlight.
The Head of State is now multiplying interviews and trips to try to close this chapter and plan for the rest of his second five-year term.