The deadline is approaching. On the eve of the Prime Minister’s general policy declaration, François Bayrou is increasing his meetings, just like the members of the government. “Yes, our hand is outstretched. Yes, our door is open”said the Minister of Ecological Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, on franceinfo, Monday January 13. Taking stock of the negotiations between the executive and the socialists, the minister took stock of the negotiations between the government and the socialists. “What we want is to find a point of balance that secures our partners who need guarantees”she added. Follow our live stream.
The socialists took part in a meeting with the government on the budget. On the eve of Prime Minister François Bayrou’s general policy declaration, the Socialists took part in a meeting at the Ministry of Labor and Health on Monday afternoon, France Télévisions learned. The Minister of Labor and Health, Catherine Vautrin, the Minister of the Economy, Eric Lombard, the Minister of the Budget, Amélie de Montchalin, and the Minister responsible for Labor, Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet discussed the draft budget and on the Social Security financing bill.
Pension reform at the heart of the negotiations. The Prime Minister is also continuing his negotiations in order to avoid censorship, particularly on the question of suspending or maintaining the pension reform as it stands. “The whole challenge is to find a path towards the repeal of the pension reform”explained Sophie Binet, general secretary of the CGT, on franceinfo. “We have to listen to what the unions, the parliamentarians, the French people say.”
Consultations on the Social Security budget. The Minister of Health receives several parliamentary groups on Monday afternoon to negotiate on the Social Security financing bill. Catherine Vautrin spoke at 3 p.m. with the deputies of the National Rally, then at 4 p.m. with elected officials from the Horizons party and independents. At the end of the afternoon, consultations are planned with the communist senators then with the Liot deputies.
The agricultural unions also received at Matignon. At the end of this discussion with the Prime Minister, the president of the FNSEA said he expected the budgetary, fiscal and legislative commitments obtained last winter to be “concretized”between now and the Agricultural Show, which will be held from February 22. “We told the Prime Minister that we are in a race against time to provide solutions” to farmers, Arnaud Rousseau reported to the press. “We ask ourselves a lot of questions”, for her part declared the president of Rural Coordination, Véronique Le Floc’h.
