CRITICAL – Retired from union life, the former leader of the CFDT continues to want to influence opinion with new weapons.
“ In leaving the CFDT I said that I would not be a candidate, but I did not say that I was going to lock myself in a convent », responds Laurent Berger nimbly when we are surprised to see his name reappear in the news. Almost a year after leaving his position at the head of the reformist union, crowned with the title of first opponent of Emmanuel Macron, the man returns with a new book: For a society of compromise (Editions de l’Aube). The 128-page work presents itself as a cross-exchange between him and the sociologist Jean Viard. The message: restore the place that should be given to dialogue and co-construction in a society increasingly tempted by radical solutions and vertical decision-making. “ The confrontation of divergent interests and different opinions remains (…) absolutely beneficial »write the authors.
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