CRISIS: In the “JDD”, the government spokesperson explains that we “cannot let the idea take hold that violence would be a justifiable or understandable reaction”
Despite the blockages and the challenge, the executive does not want to consider immobility. Government spokesman Olivier Véran ensures that the executive will continue to roll out a “rearranged” roadmap.
“The pension reform does not sign the retirement of the reforms. There will be, tomorrow, other reforms, led by us or by the governments that will succeed us, ”he underlines in an interview with the Sunday newspaper. Among these future texts, some “will be unpopular, but necessary for the future of the country”, and validated “democratically (…) by legitimate parliaments”.
A 10th day of strikes and mobilisations on Tuesday
The executive will face next Tuesday a 10th day of strike action and mobilisation against the pension reform, whose political future is now in the hands of the Constitutional Council, while tensions in the street are growing. “We cannot let the idea take hold that violence would be a justifiable or understandable reaction”, notes Olivier Véran.
Looking ahead, the spokesperson indicates that the government will “rearrange” the parliamentary agenda to “respond to the daily concerns of the French: access to doctors, class closures, access to identify”.
The executive will “postpone the text on immigration”
In the absence of an absolute majority in the Assembly, “we must also think about how to proceed without necessarily systematically resorting to the law”, he adds, also pleading for “better involving the people in decision-making”. For example, “we are going to postpone the text on immigration and integration. This is a topic on which it would be interesting to allow society to reflect.
In the wake of Emmanuel Macron, Olivier Véran also ensures that the executive intends to collaborate with the union forces, yet the wind is standing against the reform. “We will not agree on the step back from 64, but alongside this question, there are many others, essential for the French, on which we want to work with them”, he argues, citing the “end-of-career management”, “professional retraining” or even the “revaluation of wages below the Smic”.
