GOVERNMENT MAINTAINS FIRMNESS AND CALLS ON STRIKERS TO TRUCE FOR CHRISTMAS

USPA NEWS - Prime Minister Edouard Philippe maintains his firm position, despite the threat of paralysis of public transport during all the holiday season and even during the January holiday from the strikers. He now receives the unions, to once again negotiate the pension reform project, as well as the MEDEF.
“¢ “¢ The unions were ALL represented yesterday, inducing the firefighters, and lawyers led by The National Bar Council (Christiane Ferhal Schull) , at the demonstration on December 17, because of the mobilization against the pension reform, the Prime Minister displays his determination,. (See article THE BIG STRIKE IN FRANCE IS NOW INSTALLED AND GETS UNLIMITED ACCORDING TO UNIONS
“¢ 1,8 M PROTESTERS AGAINST PENSION REFORM https://www.uspa24.com/bericht-16285/the-big-strike-in-france-is-now-installed-and-gets-unlimited-according-to-unions.html )
“¢ According to Harris Interactive polls, 67% support the protests and the strike against the pension reform. (Survey conducted online on December 16, 2019, after the announcement of the resignation of Jean-Paul Delevoye. Sample of 1,291 people, representative of the French population aged 18 and over.

Prime Minister Edouard Philippe maintains his firm position, despite the threat of paralysis of public transport during all the holiday season and even during the January holiday from the strikers. He now receives the unions, to once again negotiate the pension reform project, as well as the MEDEF. “¢ “¢ The unions were ALL represented yesterday, inducing the firefighters, and lawyers led by The National Bar Council (Christiane Ferhal Schull) , at the demonstration on December 17, because of the mobilization against the pension reform, the Prime Minister displays his determination,. (See article THE BIG STRIKE IN FRANCE IS NOW INSTALLED AND GETS UNLIMITED ACCORDING TO UNIONS “¢ 1,8 M PROTESTERS AGAINST PENSION REFORM https://www.uspa24.com/bericht-16285/the-big-strike-in-france-is-now-installed-and-gets-unlimited-according-to-unions.html ) “¢ According to Harris Interactive polls, 67% support the protests and the strike against the pension reform. (Survey conducted online on December 16, 2019, after the announcement of the resignation of Jean-Paul Delevoye. Sample of 1,291 people, representative of the French population aged 18 and over. Quota method and adjustment applied to the following variables: sex, age, socio-professional category and region of the interviewee.

POLLS SAY THE FRENCH OPINION 67% SUPPORT THE STIKE AND PROTEST AGAINST PENSION REFORM------ According to Harris Interactive polls, 67% support the protests and the strike against the pension reform. (Survey conducted online on December 16, 2019, after the announcement of the resignation of Jean-Paul Delevoye. Sample of 1,291 people, representative of the French population aged 18 and over. Quota method and adjustment applied to the following variables: sex, age, socio-professional category and region of the interviewee. The government continues its standoff with unions, which mobilized hundreds of thousands of people on the streets, Tuesday, December 17. On the side of the Elysee, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron, wishes a "break for the Christmas holidays" and the dealer will not "not withdraw this reform from retirement, but it is possible to improve it. The unions refuse (SUD RAIL yesterday at a press conference) officially announced that there will be no truce for the holidays, and SNCF, announced by way of press release, General Director of SNCF Travel, Rachel Picard that "50% of Trains would run pure next Christmas Eve weekend and that 32% of travelers, whose trains do not work not, ticket holders were going to be exchanged by the SNCF, “She explains that 850,000 emails were sent to users to inform them whether or not to keep their train during this weekend. In some cases, a backup solution has been indicated. "We will be able to offer a solution to almost all of our customers" says Rachel Picard.

ARM WRESTLING MAINTAINED BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND TRADE UNIONS DESPITE THE BIG UNLIMITED STRIKE--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, read, declares that "When we tackle such a subject, we meet with a certain number of oppositions, recognized Mr. Philippe, Tuesday, during questions to the government in the Assembly national. But we have made it clear what our project is. And on the creation of a universal pension plan, my determination, that of the government, that of the majority as a whole, is total. On the creation of this universal regime and on the need to make the balance of the future system prevail and the restoration of the balance of the current system. »Source: Le Monde. The Secretary General of CFDT Union, Laurent Berger, who decided to join the strike since December 17, following this important financial point. The CFDT, asks the government to abandon the establishment of a pivotal age of 64 years and suggested that the "future joint governance" of the universal regime, between unions and employers, make "within a year proposals to return to short, medium and long term balance “. The CFDT recalls its attachment to a systemic reform of social justice for a united and universal regime, the project presented by the Prime Minister is not acceptable as he stands. As for Philippe Martinez, General Secretary of the CGT, he asked not only "the withdrawal of the reform project but also an improvement in living conditions"

THE OPPOSITION IS STILL DEMANDING THE WITHDRAW OF PENSION REFORM PROJECT--------------------------- On the opposition side, The leader of the extreme Right Marine Le Pen I do not want the French to be a victim of the government's maneuver, because almost all quarrymen will have a loss, and the absence has the value of retirement point and cost directories, with 43 annuities, which will give a retirement from 67 to 68 years and the autonomous and private plans will have their pension contributions stolen. She thinks it was a "false retreat" on the part of the government on this 14th day of strike. Political leaders Jean-Luc Mélenchon of the extreme left (LFI), socialist Olivier Faure (PS) and ecologist Julien Bayou (EELV) on Tuesday called on the government to withdraw its pension reform by pointing to its lack of support and political or its "moral" collapse after the resignation of Jean-Paul Delevoye. The three men called on the sidelines of the Paris demonstration for a gesture for the Christmas holidays, while several executive officials had previously urged the SNCF strikers to a break for the holiday season. (AFP source)