A new opportunity to taunt his successor. "It's a tremendous waste since none of the actors emerges victorious, neither the government, nor the opposition and especially not the French," regretted former President François Hollande, guest of the Grand Jury LCI-RTL-Le Figaro, who considers the reform as "inopportune" and "unfair".
"We have lived about fifteen fools since each of the actors has been against employment," said the former PS president, who criticized all political forces, first attacking the government which "took an exceptional procedure to pass a reform (...)" and "opened the criticism of the short time and the passage in force".
He tackles all over the place
On the left, François Hollande tackled the Insoumise deputies who "did not even hear what the trade unions were asking for". The inter-union demanded the withdrawal of the amendments in order to debate Article 7, which provides for the raising of the retirement age from 62 to 64.
On the right, he ironically commented on the "absurd" and "contradictory" position of the LR deputies who "appeared to be those who asked for a relaxation". Finally, his piques did not spare the RN, accused of "hiding throughout the discussion" to table at the end a motion of censure "which they knew could not pass".
Dialogue with trade unions, an imperative
Before the next day of mobilization scheduled for March 7, François Hollande pleaded for a "dialogue" between the government and the unions, in particular Laurent Berger, the boss of the CFDT.
"Rather than negotiating with Eric Ciotti or Aurélien Pradié, it was essentially vis-à-vis Laurent Berger and other unions that we had to turn," he said.
"To think that it is Eric Ciotti who today represents the social movement, it is still a little strange," he added.
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