Form and content. Regarding form, the social conference which took place in Paris on July 9-10 at the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (Conseil économique, social et environnemental, CESE) brought social dialogue back after a five-year term during which intermediary structures felt left out. In his opening speech, the President, François Hollande, expressed his will to add the method to the Constitution, adding a social dialogue phase before the adoption of any bill. “Social dialogue is and will be my government’s trademark” Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said the next day to conclude this meeting which gathered about 250 people, all the social partners included. Thus, he announced the creation of a “Council or Committee for Social Dialogue and Forecasting, in the vein of the National Economic Planning Agency, a place for dialogue and expertise, open to all the social players.”
Thus, he announced the creation of a “Council or Committee for Social Dialogue and Forecasting, in the vein of the National Economic Planning Agency, a place for dialogue and expertise, open to all the social players.”
Jobs for the future. Regarding content, the displayed ambition has always been modest: draw up a roadmap of the Presidency’s reforms on employment, training, pay, buying power, gender equality, the quality of life at work, social protection, industrial policy and public service
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