Emmanuel Macron is betting on social dialogue to relaunch his second five-year term. During his speech on Monday April 17, the President of the Republic invited employers’ and employees’ organizations to conclude a “work life pact”. It is one of “construction sites” which will open during the “hundred days” to come, the Head of State wanting to place this period under the sign of the“appeasement”of the’” unit “ and “shares” to achieve “in the service of France”. A semantics which seeks to favor the spirit of harmony, while the social conflict linked to the pension reform continues, the unions having the firm intention of continuing to oppose the entry into force of the text.
During his speech, the Head of State outlined, in very broad strokes, the content of his proposal to the social partners. He wants to hire a “round of negotiations” so that they lead to “very concrete agreements, at national level but also closer to the field”, that is to say at the level of professional branches and companies. Mr. Macron listed the “essential topics” to address: “Improve the income of employees”, “Advancing Careers”, “better sharing of wealth”, “improve working conditions”, “find solutions to professional wear and tear”, “increase the employment of seniors and help with retraining”.
Anxious to promote a method based on exchange and the search for compromise, the President of the Republic recalled that he had invited the unions and employers to a meeting on Tuesday at the Elysée. The Medef, the Confederation of small and medium-sized enterprises (CPME) and the Union of local businesses (U2P) responded present. On the other hand, the organizations of employees did not come to the meeting: in a joint declaration distributed on April 14, they had indicated that they would refuse the “meetings with the executive” at least until 1er-May, this day should be a new highlight of the mobilization against retirement at 64 years old. Mr. Macron implicitly took note of this choice on Monday evening, while insisting on the fact that his ” door “ will stay “always open”.
“Minimum period of decency”
After praising the “indisputable results” of its economic policy, with 1.7 million jobs created since 2017, the tenant of the Elysée has expressed its desire to continue in this direction. His goal, he reiterated, is to achieve full employment in 2027, that is to say an unemployment rate that would be reduced to around 5% of the active population (compared to just over 7 % at present).
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