Sophie Binet in Paris, October 17, 2024. (AFP / ALAIN JOCARD)
“We are in a world that is spiraling into war, it is very worrying. It is important to keep these strong moments to relaunch the debate, the fight for peace,” justified the general secretary of the CGT this Tuesday, November 12 on France Info.
After Pentecost, should we
delete a second public holiday
to save money and help the country’s social system? The idea of a second day of solidarity launched by parliamentarians is gaining ground. On
France Inter,
the LR mayor of Meaux Jean-François Copé was in favor of removing November 11, citing “a way of making savings in
a country that needs to spend a lot to preserve our social model”
and ensuring that there is
“a thousand ways to commemorate”
the armistice of 1918.
On
France Info,
CGT boss Sophie Binet, for her part, was fiercely opposed to the idea.
“There is enough of ‘working more to earn less’,
because that’s what we would be asked – to
work a day for free”,
she assured. “Moreover, I am very shocked to hear these words from a political leader. November 11 does not come out of nowhere: it is for
pay tribute to the millions of fallen soldiers
in one of the bloodiest conflicts of the 20th century. This is a very important moment for peace,” added Sophie Binet. “Today, while deadly conflicts are increasing on the planet,
it is very important to keep this day of November 11″,
she continued, adding that we “are in
a world that is spiraling into war,
this is very worrying. It’s important to keep these strong moments to relaunch the debate, the fight for peace.”
A “very interesting proposal”, according to the Minister of the Economy
Then added: “Instead of asking full-time employees to work more, what is needed is
allow the 6 million unemployed and people who are in part-time jobs, and who are mainly women, to work more
to get a real salary.”
At the end of October, Budget Minister Laurent Saint-Martin
seemed open to parliamentary discussion
on the subject, judging, in general, that working more to participate in the recovery effort would
“in a good way”.
“This is part of the debates that we will have in Parliament,” he then indicated on
TF1.
“I think that everything that allows our country to show that we can work more to participate in the recovery effort is going in the right direction,” he said. However, he did not want to designate a particular day on the calendar:
“You have to leave flexibility for it to work.”
On
LCI
At the end of October, the Minister of Economy and Finance Antoine Armand also judged
“the very interesting proposal,
to look closely.”
