Overview

• At 10:00 the eight confederations of the intersyndicale are received together at Matignon, with employer groups due later in the day, as Sébastien Lecornu still has not formed a government.
• The unions’ ultimatum demands dropping the Bayrou 2026 package, including the retirement‑age rise to 64, doubled medical franchises, the planned “année blanche,” 3,000 civil‑service cuts and a new unemployment‑insurance reform, alongside stronger fiscal justice and social‑environmental conditions on corporate aid.
• Union leaders warn they will immediately call another nationwide strike day if no satisfactory concessions emerge, and they plan to confer after the meeting to decide the follow‑up.
• Seeking to avert censure, Lecornu is working on a cross‑party non‑censure arrangement, with Socialists voicing impatience and some lawmakers merely floating a temporary pause of the 2023 pension reform as a possible path to talks.
• Employer organizations oppose higher business taxes, with Medef signaling a large meeting to show resistance, while Lecornu advances a decentralisation track by asking local officials for written proposals by October 31.