Monday evening, Emmanuel Macron took the floor to present the measures to fight against the Delta variant of the coronavirus.

But that's not all, the Head of State also announced that the reform of unemployment insurance would be implemented from October 1.

Regarding the pension reform, if it is not abandoned, its timetable has not yet been defined.

“I heard the debates.

I will not launch this reform until the epidemic is under control, ”he said on pension reform.

How did the union and business world react?

We take stock.

CGT

“The President of the Republic listens only to him.

He speaks of consultation on pensions but he already announces that it will be necessary to work more, denounces the general secretary of the CGT, Philippe Martinez, in an interview with the Parisian.

"What do you want us to go and discuss with the government?"

On the reform of unemployment insurance, he considers that the decision of the Council of State to postpone part of the reform is a mishap.

There he is, he is equal to himself, he starts over as before ”.

Labor force

"The president confirmed his intention to impose the reform of unemployment insurance and not to abandon the pension reform project", wrote FO in a press release, believing that this is "neither justified nor the moment" .

"FO disputes the merits of the reform of unemployment insurance" of which it denounces "the injustice towards the most precarious workers", as "the merits of the questioning of the pension system and the inevitability of raising the retirement age ”.

CFDT

“The reform (of pensions) is clearly postponed to after the presidential election. It is a decision of wisdom ”, estimated Tuesday on France 2 Laurent Berger, secretary general of the confederation. “It was very clear, we had said, there is no way of passage in the fall for a reform on pensions. First, we should discuss (…). This marks the start of the presidential campaign, no doubt ”.

On the other hand, the announcement of the entry into force of the reform of unemployment insurance on October 1 is not "fair", judged Laurent Berger.

“We saw the President of the Republic recently, we also saw the Minister of Labor.

None said it would be applied on that date, ”he said.

“It is always good in a speech to hit the unemployed by making believe that they receive more by being unemployed than in employment.

So there is a little bit of populism in what was said yesterday ”.

“The Council of State has yet to decide on the substance of this reform to see if it is compliant.

And we repeat, this reform is unfair ”.

CFE-CGC

"We have the impression that Emmanuel Macron finally made a speech equivalent to his 2016 campaign speech, as if nothing had happened in five years," said the president of the CFE-CGC , François Hommeril, on RTL.

“When the president tells us, almost tearfully, 'I don't want people with a pension of less than 1,000 euros', I think we can agree with him.

But isn't the issue precisely people who, in their working life, do not have enough to live on?

"

Solidarity

"Macron announces to us, in elliptical terms, that he will continue to unfold his policy of social destruction in the short or medium term," wrote Solidaires in a press release.

(…) "The Union Syndicale calls now to build a social return to the height of the attacks in preparation against the world of work".

Medef

The position of the President of the Republic on pensions was "the position that we had adopted", noted the president of Medef, Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, on LCI on Monday.

“As much as it will be necessary to reform the pension system, it will be necessary to lengthen the working hours, - it will be necessary to do it intelligently -, as much we cannot do it in a terribly anxiety-provoking climate as today.

And the president set two conditions, the end of the epidemic and the success of the recovery, I think we are quite in agreement with that and in hollow, I think that means that it will be difficult to do about 2021 and that it is a 2022 debate ”.

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