Has the time for (small) concessions come? For those who missed Elisabeth Borne’s interview devoted to pension reform, this Thursday evening February 2 on France 2, the answer is no. The only small announcement: the Prime Minister said she was in favor of “penalties” against companies that have “bad practices” in the employment of seniors.
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With regard to the employment index for seniors that the government wants to put in place, “I think we can go further (…) by saying that companies whose index shows that they do not have good practices with regard to seniors, they must implement an action plan which obviously will be negotiated in the company”did she say.
“And if they don’t, or if there are no effects to correct bad practices, then there could be sanctions”, she added. Financial penalties? The Prime Minister kicked into touch, returning the subject to future debates in the National Assembly. “I think we have to go further and the deputies of the majority are proposing it”she said.
Elisabeth Borne also said “favorable” to the extension of the“senior index” companies from 50 employees, against 300 in the current text.
Calls to strike on February 7 and 11
Opponents of government reform believe that companies must first be encouraged to keep their oldest employees, before considering raising the legal retirement age from 62 to 64. This report is at the heart of the government project.
By the way, since when do young people say that they “will not have a pension”?
After a historic mobilization – more than 1 million people everywhere in France each time – against the pension reform on January 19 and 31, the eight main French unions called for two new days of strikes and demonstrations, Tuesday 7 and Saturday February 11.
“The government must hear the massive rejection of this project and withdraw it”declared on Monday Patricia Drevon, confederal secretary of Force Ouvrière, reading a press release from the inter-union (CFDT, CGT, FO, CFE-CGC, CFTC, Unsa, Solidaires, FSU) during a press conference at the headquarters of Force factory Girl.
Borne does not reuse the word “just”
Questioned for thirty-five minutes by journalist Caroline Roux, the Prime Minister repeated that reforming the pension system “it’s not easy” but it’s ” essential “. On the other hand, when asked whether she would repeat today that this reform is ” fair “, she did not reuse this word. However, she assured that the reform project would protect womenreferring in particular to “women who started working early”, “a difficult job” Where “career breaks”.
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Regarding the arrival of the text in Parliament on February 6, Elisabeth Borne certified what “does not consider the hypothesis” recourse to Article 49.3 of the Constitution, which allows the adoption of a text without a vote except for a motion of censure.
“I am looking for compromises on this text as on all those that I present to Parliament”replied the Prime Minister, while the government does not have an absolute majority in the National Assembly, and has already resorted to 49.3 ten times for the adoption of budgetary texts.
