"The failure of the pensions conclave shows that the Medef no longer cares about employees at all," says Pascale Coton of the CFTC.
Interview by Boris Manenti
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Pascale Coton, mediator for the CFTC, before the final meeting of the social partners' conclave on pensions, in Paris, June 23, 2025. ALAIN JOCARD/AFP
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Interview: Following the failure of discussions to improve the 2023 reform, unions are still fuming against the employers' organization, accusing them of having "stalled the negotiations." François Bayrou is scheduled to meet with social partners this Tuesday to try to overcome the stalemate.
Black smoke at the pension conclave. The last-chance meeting to negotiate improvements to the 2023 pension reform between unions (CFDT, CFTC, and CFE-CGC) and employers (Medef and CPME) concluded late Monday evening, June 23, with a declaration of failure. "I cannot accept without reacting that we are satisfied with failing so close to the goal," declared Prime Minister François Bayrou this Tuesday morning. The leader of the government...
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