Arthur de Laborde 08:44, March 30, 2023

The tug-of-war over pension reform continues between the executive and the inter-union union. If the executive wants to turn the page, after the use of 49.3, the unions do not intend to stop there. But according to the Minister of Relations with Parliament, Franck Riester, retirement at 64 would not be on the menu of discussions scheduled for next Wednesday.

The executive wants to regain control of the situation. The pension reform has pushed the French into the streets and the inter-union wants more than ever to keep up the pressure. Thematic meetings are expected to multiply in the next two weeks on priorities identified by President Emmanuel Macron, namely the quality of life at work, reindustrialization, health, ecology or the republican order.

The first two meetings on Thursday afternoon will be devoted to education and improving access to mobility and driving licenses to remove obstacles to employment.

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The challenge of a new majority

These exchanges, focused on the daily lives of the French, are part of the levers that should allow Elisabeth Borne to find a way out of the pension crisis while building a new majority. The Prime Minister knows that she is putting her position at stake in this dual mission, which promises to be particularly difficult. Especially since he has barely two weeks left to present his copy to the head of state.

Until then, before the decision of the Constitutional Council expected on April 14, Emmanuel Macron will follow the file remotely since he will be very busy with the international, with a trip to China all next week, followed by a state visit to the Netherlands in the aftermath.