Overview
- CFDT leader Marylise Léon said after meeting Sébastien Lecornu that he gave no position on reopening pension talks and that her union rejects any revival of last year’s failed conclave.
- Léon reported the prime minister will respond soon on François Bayrou’s proposal to remove two public holidays, a measure now seen as likely to be abandoned.
- The CFDT pressed for fiscal ‘proofs of rupture’, saying workers must not carry deficit reduction; Lecornu did not rule out work on a contribution from the very highest incomes, with details undeclared.
- Further meetings are set with Medef on Friday evening, then CGT, CFTC and CFE‑CGC on Monday and CPME and U2P by Tuesday, as unions prepare a nationwide mobilization on September 18 after 197,000 marched on September 10, according to the Interior Ministry.
- Politically, Lecornu is shoring up the centre‑right ‘socle commun’, met both chamber presidents and received support from Nicolas Sarkozy, while the PS warns of censure without a policy shift and Senate leader Gérard Larcher rejects a wealth or ‘Zucman’ tax.