Overview
- The launch meeting brings together most representative unions and employer groups, with CFDT, CFTC, FO and CFE‑CGC confirming attendance.
- CGT is not taking part in the opening session, citing calendar issues and the need for prior guarantees on the conference’s scope, method and outcomes.
- The government has inserted a suspension of the 2023 pensions reform into the Social Security finance bill now before the National Assembly.
- Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has committed to transposing any conclusive agreement from the talks into law for parliamentary decision.
- The remit extends beyond pensions to workplace issues such as hardship, and the government has floated returning pension system management to social partners, a model cited with Agirc‑Arrco.