The ministers awaiting appointment are already aware of the main issues awaiting them. In an interview published in the July 5 edition of the Sunday Journal , Prime Minister Jean Castex said he wished to settle the pension issue "in the short term".
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“Key decisions are on the table. Employment, of course, which in the current context requires the mobilization of all within the framework of the new social order launched by the President of the Republic. Support for caregivers and the transformation of our health system as part of the Ségur that I will conclude next week, ”he said.
Asked about union concerns about pensions, he said that "to say that we are going to reexamine a subject is not to deny ourselves." It is to show our capacity to adapt to new circumstances, which are painful ”. “For example, the crisis has greatly worsened the deficit in our pension plans. I wish to resume dialogue with the social partners, it is essential. Will we be able to resolve these issues in the short term? This is my wish, "he explained. "At a minimum, we will have to set a new social agenda," he continued.
His method: "a mixture of voluntarism and experience"
However, the Prime Minister wanted to warn the unions about his method. He warns not to believe in "soft consensus" while defining his way of doing things as "a mixture of voluntarism and experience, with the concern of bringing together".
Faced with his detractors who see him as a simple executor of the presidential will, he stressed that it was "not the intention of the head of state to make (him) a subordinate dedicated to secondary tasks". And to continue: "When you get to know me, you will see that my personality is not soluble in the term of collaborator".
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