Overview

• Matignon confirmed a rare joint meeting with all eight unions on Wednesday, 24 September at 10:00, following their post-march ultimatum.
• The intersyndicale has warned it will quickly schedule another nationwide strike day if its demands are not met by Wednesday.
• Union demands include abandoning the summer budget package, scrapping the planned doubling of medical co‑payments, dropping a new unemployment insurance reform, preserving 3,000 public posts and May 1 as a paid holiday, and rejecting the retirement age at 64.
• Lecornu has already reversed the proposed cut of two public holidays and continues consultations, including a meeting with Force Ouvrière on Monday where calls for repealing the 2023 pensions reform were reiterated.
• People close to the talks say increased contributions from the very highest incomes are being examined to raise revenue, but no concrete mechanism or parliamentary path has been set.