Labor law: Valls prefers “convincing” that use the 49.3 – Cross

Manuel Valls said Tuesday that he preferred to “persuade” rather than resorting to “constitutional weapon” of 49.3 for the adoption of the bill on work, hailing “the positive mindset “of the majority after the new text unveiled Monday.

” I hope to meet, gather a majority of those, left first, but generally, those who want reform, “the Prime Minister said on RMC and BFM TV.

Article 49.3,” we used once since 2012 “for Macron law, recalled Mr. Valls. “Before this constitutional wield weapon, which was regularly used during the Fifth Republic, I prefer to convince.”

Prime Minister praised the “very positive state of mind” of parliamentarians the majority, particularly socialists, whom he met on Monday night. “Everyone understood that we have built a compromise,” he has said.

Mr. Valls declined Monday on the most contested articles of the bill, the scale of industrial tribunals benefits, a move welcomed by the unions called “reformist” but decried by employers, while CGT, FO and maintained their Unef calls for demonstrations.

“we have orders that are paradoxical and contradictory. on one side you have Jean-Claude Mailly (FO general secretary) who said that we sold the business, the other side CGPME who said that we sold to unions. No. We have built a compromise, “said the Prime Minister.

” We wanted to give us a few extra days to convince, listen and build a compromise. and it is this compromise, I believe, that will allow to move forward. Because basically, what was the risk? that of the blockage. and if there was deadlock, there was no law, “he said.

the new version of the bill submitted Tuesday to the State Council” so that the text can be considered and adopted by the Council of Ministers on March 24, has he said.

“Then the social Affairs Committee of the national Assembly will seize the text early April. And after the parliamentary recess (then) two weeks control and parliamentary initiative, the text will be considered by the Assembly in the Chamber early May. And, as we have always said, the text should be definitively adopted before the end of the current session, ie before the summer, “concluded Mr. Valls.

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