Benjamin Peter (in Rodez), with AFP 14:23 p.m., April 07, 2023

The day after the 11th day of mobilization against the pension reform, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne went to Rodez this Friday for a day on the theme of health. An eventful visit since about 200 people were waiting for him with firm feet.

Several hundred demonstrators learned Thursday evening of the arrival of Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne in Aveyron to talk about health, the day after the 11th day of mobilization against the pension reform. In Rodez, where it was expected, trade unionists met with some yellow vests. Some are calling for the resignation of the head of government.

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A diversion according to the demonstrators

Jean-François Chaliez, a trade unionist at Unsa Santé, faces the cordon of CRS that prevents them from passing. He does not want the government to use health care to turn the page on pensions. "I work in a psychiatric hospital. We are 15 to 20% short of nursing positions. We can no longer recruit. The nursing degree is no longer attractive. It is considered that the problem of health, it will be necessary to talk about it. But first that Mrs. Borne settles her problem with the social partners on pensions, "he plagues at the microphone of Europe 1.

"We do not agree to possibly project people in two more years of career when they do not even finish it, their career," adds the unionist. Daniel, who works in the technical department of the hospital, is also here and for him, it is a diversion. Health deserves better, he said. "Maybe it wasn't the right time for him to come here," he said. "She could have come later to really talk about it, because there are things to do: there are needs. And it's not just the hospital in Rodez, it's all the hospitals."

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Elisabeth Borne calls for "appeasement"

During her visit to Aveyron, the Prime Minister insisted on her perfect "alignment" with the President of the Republic and called for an "appeasement in the country" in the face of the pension crisis. The government and the unions are waiting for Friday, April 14, a decision from the Constitutional Council on the conformity of the reform, which will be preceded the day before by a new day of mobilization of the unions.