Paris, April 16 (Prensa Latina) Laurent Berger, Secretary General of the French Democratic Confederation of Labor (CFDT), considered today that President Emmanuel Macron is fueling unrest in the country by reforming the pension system and is doing nothing to calm it down.
According to the leader of one of France’s largest unions, the head of state has chosen the path of not appeasing anger, with his swift issuance of a reform that keeps unions mobilized in an almost unanimous rejection of extending the retirement age. From 62 to 64 years old.
Showing contempt for the world of work and detachment from reality, Berger said in an interview with Le Parisien, one day after the Official Gazette of the Republic published changes to the pension system.
On Friday, the Constitutional Council approved the reform, in essence, a decision after which the unions urged Macron not to activate it and declared that if it did, it would continue protests and strikes.
At some point that night, the President issued the initiative, and also denounced the increase in the subscription period to 43 years and the abolition of private retirement systems.
Given the government’s position, the CFDT leader expressed his desire for mass demonstrations on May 1, International Workers’ Day.
In Berger’s opinion, the French president acts according to the logic of political hierarchy, ignoring that people’s lives are not adapted to it.
Macron asked social actors to turn the page and develop dialogue on other issues.
In this sense, he invited the unions to the Elysee Palace next week, a proposal that was rejected.
The unions agreed to meet tomorrow to determine their next measures, but the CGT has already called for mobilization on April 20 and 28, and railway workers have called for a day of cholera on Thursday.
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