On September 7, many CGT activists will be on the streets. France’s second largest trade union is certainly not calling for the demonstration launched by youth movements and part of the left to criticize the attitude of Emmanuel Macron, who refused to nominate the candidate of the New Popular Front in Matignon (NFP), Lucie Castets. But it believes that this action “It will allow the world of work to mobilize in a civic framework to denounce the coup” of the head of State. By making this position public on Wednesday 28 August, the workers’ confederation is expressing a form of good will towards the rapprochement of the forces involved, including La France Insoumise (LFI), while taking care not to take sides with them. “Everyone has their role”As Sophie Binet, the centre’s secretary general, told Franceinfo on Thursday.
Shortly after Macron ruled out, on Monday afternoon, the option of forming a government “Only on the basis of the program and the parties. [du NFP] »LFI had urged political parties, unions and associations “join” to the mobilization of September 7. Late on Wednesday evening, the CGT responded by taking a middle course. It did not formally invite its members to participate in the event, but hoped that it would be a success. A way of preserving its independence while demonstrating that, like the left, it is outraged by the behavior of the President of the Republic, “which continues to increase the regime crisis that he himself provoked”according to the formula of Mme Binet. This orientation is not at all surprising in an organization that had asked “vote for the program” of the NFP, during the early legislative elections.
The CGT is also ready to act, but on the basis of “social issues” – and not “institutions”She calls to hit the streets and stop work, on the 1stAhem October, with a long list of grievances: repeal of the pension reform, increase in salaries and pensions, etc.
“What matters to us is that there is a government”
The FSU also welcomes the demonstration on 7 September. “Our thinking is not completely resolved, says its secretary general, Benoît Teste. But it is good that this action has been promoted. We want it to attract people. » Solidaires, for its part, has not yet met, but its general co-delegate, Murielle Guilbert, explains: “We are not, a priori, saying that this or that person should be appointed to the post of Prime Minister.” However, he stresses, “Macron’s attitude towards respecting democratic votes is very worrying”. “The President of the Republic has an immense responsibility in the face of the executive vacancy situation that is damaging our democracy”continues Laurent Escure, secretary general of UNSA, but his organization will not be marching on September 7 either.
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