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CHRONIC. Engaged in the battle against pension reform, the boss of the CFDT gives credit to the unions. But can he avoid becoming radicalized?
By Michael Richard
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On looks carefully at Laurent Berger. Side by side with his best friend at the time, Philippe Martinez, in the front row of the protesters against the pension reform, holding a slogan banner with both hands, touring the media, making stiff remarks to which he had not accustomed us , accusing the Ministry of the Interior of cheating on the figures of the parades, Berger in pivot of a rare trade union unit but not in ultra, Berger in leader but not in blaster.
We watch it attentively and we don’t know exactly whether to congratulate it, appreciate its positioning on a ridge line, or pity it when we guess it a little aside from its practices, its culture and its temperament.
It seems we owe him a lot. That is to say, so far, demonstrations…