- During his vows, Emmanuel Macron asked his Prime Minister to "find the way to a rapid compromise".
- Edouard Philippe gave a sign of openness to the CFDT by qualifying this Tuesday as a “good idea” the proposal for a financing conference.
- The President leaves his Prime Minister on the front line on pensions.
At the multilateral meeting on Tuesday at the Ministry of Labor, Edouard Philippe welcomed the unions with other ministers. But on pension reform, it is he who is on the front line. "The ministers must be able to speak to the French, defend the text. But it was the Prime Minister who set the course, ”we sum up in Matignon.
The strike started on December 5, the longest since the creation of the SNCF in 1938, puts more pressure on the head of government every day. During his vows to the French on December 31, Emmanuel Macron did not spare him. "With the trade unions who want it, I expect the government of Edouard Philippe to find the way to a rapid compromise".
"The president was clear in asking for a quick compromise, not a forceful passage"
Urged to find a way out of the crisis, the Prime Minister took a step towards the CFDT on Tuesday on RTL. “Balance is important, I propose to guarantee it by a pivotal age [at 64 years old]. But if the organizations agree on a better system, I will take it ”. Very attached to the financial balance of the future system, Edouard Philippe proposed to meet the social partners on Friday in Matignon to discuss a conference on the subject, taking up the idea put forward by the secretary general of the CFDT Laurent Berger.
“The president was clear in asking for a quick compromise, not a forceful passage. Unions must therefore be associated, and not treated as adversaries, ”says Jean-François Cesarini. The deputy LREM of Vaucluse believes that the “course recalled by the president, added to the outings of Richard Ferrand [president of the National Assembly] and Bruno Le Maire [the Minister of the Economy] helped to move the Prime Minister ". At least on the form. Because Edouard Philippe has at the same time reiterated his attachment to the pivotal age, which annoys the unions called "reformers" and a part of the majority.
Exceed the pivotal age?
The measure, included in the bill currently being examined by the Council of State, could therefore be maintained. “Some of my colleagues, who have friendships and esteem with the CFDT, sometimes find it hard to imagine that we could disagree with it. The Prime Minister has always said that he is looking for compromise. But the financial sustainability of the project must not be set aside, ”defends the deputy LREM Marie Guévenoux, close to the interested party. “He wanted other leads. There are now many on the table. If we do not find a compromise, it is because there is bad will ”, fears Jean-François Cesarini.
While the negotiations are spinning, Emmanuel Macron takes care to stay in the background. "The president played his role, saying" here is the partition ", but it is not up to him to set it to music, says François Patriat, senator LREM close to the head of state. He waits until the end of the game to return to the front of the stage. And let his Prime Minister take the hits.
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