Overview
- Labour Minister Jean‑Pierre Farandou gathered unions and employers on Tuesday to agree on format and method, with substantive negotiations to follow in the coming weeks.
- The CGT skipped the launch due to its confederal meeting as leader Sophie Binet sought guarantees on scope and financing before joining the process.
- CFDT chief Marylise Léon and CFTC president Cyril Chabanier attended, while FO and CFE‑CGC were represented by deputy officials rather than their top leaders.
- The Medef said it will not participate, citing an autonomous social agenda that it says should not track political timetables.
- Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu pledged to transpose any conclusive agreement into law and signaled openness to entrusting pension system management to social partners, as Parliament opens PLFSS debates against a projected €23 billion 2025 deficit.