Pensions: employers' organizations received at Matignon on Wednesday

Asked about the presence of Medef in Matignon, the president of Medef Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux replied "yes, a priori with the other employers' organizations. I don't know if we will go before or after, but we will go on Wednesday".

"It's quite normal, because whatever the subjects discussed, whether we are talking about pensions or whether we are talking about work, employers have an opinion on the question", he justified.

The Confederation of SMEs (CPME) for its part welcomes in a press release "to have been invited to a meeting of the three national interprofessional organizations representing companies" among which is also the Union of local businesses (U2P), which represents craftsmen and the liberal professions.

The CPME deems it "important not to limit the discussion with the social partners to the only trade union organizations of employees".

For this organization, "the social crisis that is shaking our country is not without consequences for economic activity" and "the overflows noted recently, the blockages or the wild cuts of electricity only fuel a growing exasperation of those who want to continue working.

Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux for his part said that he saw "no reason not to talk about pensions", when it is not certain that this subject will be addressed by the Prime Minister during these consultations.

Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux reiterated his support for the reform, the flagship measure of which is raising the retirement age from 62 to 64.

"It's difficult, it's unpopular, it's painful, all the other countries have done it. It's passed and for us it's time to move on, to try to find other negotiating topics, maybe -be to change the method", estimated the president of Medef.

Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux said he wanted the government to have more "trust in the social partners", taking the example of the agreement on the sharing of value in business signed by four out of five unions, with the exception of the CGT, and that the government has undertaken to transcribe it into a legislative text.

Between the Medef and the trade unions, "the thread has never been cut, we saw each other again this week with Laurent Berger and with others", indicated the president of the Medef.

An 11th day of union mobilization against the pension reform is scheduled for Thursday 6 April.