MADRID, 28 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The main French unions have proposed to the Government a “mediation” to try to bring positions closer in relation to the pension reform, although the Executive has been quick to react to clarify that “it is not mandatory” that there are intermediaries between the two parties to talk.
Coinciding with a new day of strikes against the reform, the general secretary of the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), Philippe Martinez, has proposed “suspending” the aspects considered most harmful of the new law, including the delay from 62 to 64 years of retirement age, and “appoint mediation.”
This is how the workers’ organizations will sign it this Tuesday in a meeting, from which a letter will be addressed to the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, and in which a new dialogue format will be offered directly to try to calm things down. after two months of practically constant mobilizations in the streets.
However, the government spokesman, Olivier Véran, has already advanced at a press conference that he does not see the need for intermediaries, because “you can speak directly.” In this sense, he explained that Macron is “willing to receive” the union leaders once the Constitutional Council has ruled on the reform.
Verán has also taken the opportunity to once again condemn the “illegitimate and dangerous violence” associated with the wave of protests, which have intensified as a result of the Government’s decision to force parliamentary approval of the reform, which according to polls has been rejected majority among citizens.
In fact, the controversy is taking its toll directly on Macron’s image, which continues in free fall. According to a survey released this Tuesday by RTL, only 28 percent of citizens have a good opinion of the president, a figure that is already close to the minimum popularity during the peak of the ‘yellow vest’ protests in 2018, when plummeted to 26 percent.
