INFO EUROPE 1 - Pensions: unions want to meet Elisabeth Borne on Wednesday 5 April

Barthélémy Philippe, edited by Alexandre Dalifard 22:13 p.m., March 29, 2023

The appointment of the last chance. While contact had been almost broken since the beginning of the year, Elisabeth Borne proposed to the unions to receive them next week at Matignon. The invitation letter, which is very brief, does not mention any agenda. But only three possible slots: Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday, to receive the unions rue de Varenne in Paris.

Wednesday, April 5, see you at Matignon

According to information from Europe 1, the union leaders want to go together to the Prime Minister's office on Wednesday 5 April, on the eve of a new day of mobilization. For Laurent Berger and the others, the interview will only take place on the condition that the pension reform is addressed. Request accepted by the head of government, who fears to rob the popular boss of the CFDT. "All subjects can be addressed," says the entourage of Elisabeth Borne, who describes an extremely open Prime Minister. "What we do not want is to see the images of Laurent Berger angry on the steps of Matignon," admits, off, an adviser to the executive.

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If the agenda remains to be defined, it should also include the employment of seniors and professional wear and tear if the exchange does not stall entry on the 64 years, which is very likely as the positions of each other are far apart. The unions want at least a pause, at best a withdrawal of the reform, while the boss of the executive does not intend to change a line of the law adopted in Parliament. To find a way out of the crisis, Elisabeth Borne could choose to relax by decree certain modalities of application of the text, especially for employees of trades deemed painful. A new "move" that has almost no chance of convincing the interunion.