This is one of the announcements of Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne invited this morning by our colleagues from France Info. The government will withdraw the controversial part of its decree on unemployment insurance. Elisabeth Borne is therefore backtracking this morning. A decline welcomed by the opposition a few days before the presentation of the pension reform.
Announced on the sly at the end of the year, the possible reduction of 40% in compensation for job seekers in the event of the unemployment rate falling below 6% was considered a provocation by the central trade unions. Unions already annoyed by a new unemployment insurance reform, touted as a new screw-tightening for job seekers. A ” unfair measure According to the boss of the CFDT, Laurent Berger expected at Matignon at the beginning of the afternoon at Matignon for the final round on pension reform.
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After trying to justify this decision, the government has therefore decided to back down, at least for now. At least a temporary withdrawal, the time to conduct new discussions. Elisabeth Borne acknowledged this Tuesday morning that the government may have gone a little hastily on this issue. ” I hear that this point may not have been discussed enough. We are going to withdraw it and put this subject back in the consultation on the future rules of unemployment insurance…”, she declared on France Info.
Satisfaction on the left
The Prime Minister is therefore procrastinating, and the left is already claiming victory. France Insoumise and Europe Ecologie les Verts see it as a first setback a few days before the presentation of the pension reform, on January 10. According to Manuel Bompard, LFI executive, this is proof that the balance of power pays and that we must mobilize massively.
On the side of the National Rally, like Sébastien Chenu, mistrust prevails. ” It’s a smokescreen! “. According to the Vice-President of the National Assembly, joined by Pierrick Bonno political service, one pretends to withdraw or one withdraws an unacceptable device “on unemployment insurance” to continue to make progress on pension reform. »
Silence on the other hand on the side of the Republicans who could become in a few weeks the essential allies of the majority to pass the pension reform.
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