“Of course” that the Medef will go to Matignon so that “social dialogue continues,” says Patrick Martin

Patrick Martin, president of MEDEF (Mouvement des Entreprises de France) assures that he will go to Matignon to meet François Bayrou on Tuesday morning. After the announcement of the failure of negotiations, the Prime Minister invited the social partners to meet him on Tuesday morning to find a “Passage route”. “Of course, social dialogue must continue”replies Patrick Martin on Franceinfo.

The Medef boss ensures that “Negotiation has bought on long careers”. “The passage voice, it exists”says Patrick Martin. However the Prime Minister “is not in an arbitrator position”he warns. “At the end, it is the parliament that will be in an arbitrator position”underlines Patrick Martin on Franceinfo. The pattern of Medef appeals to François Bayrou before this meeting: “It is not necessary that a possible agreement translates into an increase in the cost of labor, I mean increases of contributions for companies”.

According to the social partners, the employers’ union is involved. “LE Medef did not play the game “estimated Pascale Coton, CFTC negotiator. “We have a problem with the Medef, he never wants to pay anything, On his side on Tuesday on Franceinfo, François Manril, the president of the CFE-CGC. The MEDEF says: ‘Share the efforts between you, the employees and the retirees. But we, anyway, Medef, we will not spend a single penny to help the outcome of the discussion ‘”.