POLITICAL – It’s a small pavement in the pond just before the political re-entry of LREM scheduled for October 2-3 in Avignon. “A bomb”, for trade unionist Laurent Berger.
In an interview with Challenges published this September 30, the former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe continue to plead for the pension reform which he defended at Matignon and goes further on the starting age which he would like to see pushed back “to 65, 66 or 67”.
A few days away of the creation of his own political party – on October 9 in Le Havre – the current mayor of the City intends to “sound the alarm” on the weight of the public debt, “a fundamental question of national sovereignty”, according to him.
“We prefer to dance above the volcano”
“We prefer continue to dance above the volcano that to take the measures, drastic – and sometimes bitter -, which are essential ”, regrets the former member of the Republicans who considers in this context that“ the first reform to be made is that of pensions ”. Statements that will undoubtedly not be viewed very favorably at the Elysee Palace where the question of whether the pension reform promised in 2017 will see the light of day before the presidential election is still not decided.
Guest of France Info the same day, Laurent Berger who had already strongly opposed the reform wanted by Philippe and his famous ” pivotal age ” at 64 years old at the time reacted to this new shock proposal. “In a country which is already very agitated, very tired democratically, it would be a bomb to do such a thing”, judges the trade unionist of the CFDT.
“I do not think that ‘ it is necessary to pay the debt of our country with pensions ”, justifies the secretary general of the CFDT. “Let’s work on the end of a career”, suggests Berger, who “invites Édouard Philippe to go to a slaughterhouse to see if it is possible to work until the age of 67 in these companies”.
Laurent Berger also believes that there are “other ways to have room for maneuver” and for example “to question the consent to tax and who should pay what. I say it quietly. Capital is not taxed at the same level as labor. It must be done ”, supports the trade unionist who also asks for an“ additional tax bracket for the very high incomes ”. “The decency is that the richest who got richer during this period participate a little in the common good”, he adds.
“Decency is that the richest participate a little in the common good”
In Challenges , Edouard Philippe cites very many classic right-wing markers, like so many signals sent to his former friends of LR who are torn apart on the question of candidacy of Eric Zemmour . He proposes to reduce the number of civil servants in local communities. “We can also wonder if all public jobs need to be occupied by people with the status of civil servants”, he slips.
According to the mayor of Le Havre, it is also necessary to set the rule that public expenditure does not increase faster than economic growth. Proposals far removed from “whatever it costs” and the recent “gifts” distributed by Emmanuel Macron to several sectors of society with a view, in particular, to his re-election in 2022
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