The right sticks to its positions. If the senatorial majority, made up of the Republicans (LR) and the centrist Union (UC), hardened during its examination in the Senate the bill paving the way for a reform of unemployment insurance, it is not to let go of the ballast during the joint joint committee (CMP), which must take place Wednesday, November 9, she warns. With five members out of the fourteen that make it up – seven deputies and seven senators – it has as many parliamentarians as the presidential coalition.
Two weeks after Emmanuel Macron called on France 2 to ” an alliance “ with the right, evoking in particular labor reforms LR deputies and senators know they are in a strong position when it comes to negotiating this text. Especially since they share the general philosophy of this bill presented by the government as ” the first step ” to achieve full employment – 5% unemployment – by 2027. “Basically, it is in line with ours, to restore the value of work, to ensure that we get out of unemployment insurance more quickly to return to employment in a more restrictive way”explains the deputy of the Vosges, Stéphane Viry (LR).
It therefore remains to come to an agreement with the presidential camp on the “cursors and temporality” measures, explains the elected official. Faced with this pas de deux between the government and the right, the left has become a substitute. “It is a dogmatic text intended to hit the unemployed and harden the line of the majority to show that they are capable of working with the right”retorts the deputy of Calvados, Arthur Delaporte (Socialist Party), who deplores not having “had no contact with the government”.
“We must reaffirm the insurance character of the system”
“I think the government has an interest in taking a step in our direction”, affirms for its part the co-rapporteur of the bill in the Senate, Frédérique Puissat (LR). If the discussions are to continue on Tuesday, the right-wing and centrist senators want to see the two measures they adopted in public session, against the government’s advice, keep in the final text, restricting access to unemployment insurance. employees on fixed-term contracts who refuse three permanent contracts “at least equivalent remuneration” in twelve months and to temporary workers from the first refusal. For Frederique Puissat, “Letting go is out of the question” on these two points, because “we must reaffirm the insurance nature of the system, which must protect people who are involuntarily deprived of employment”.
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