Imagine a moment that the left was in power

Imagine a moment that the left was in power. At the approach of the presidential the UMP has organized primary to designate its candidate and has had the courage to discuss the social and economic subjects on television. That hearing the right applicants evoke the idea of removing the 35 hours, the Minister for the economy, to be called for example Dominique Strauss-Kahn or Laurent Fabius, bites a big anger against the CGT, on the grounds that Bernard Thibault would not have reacted to say all the evil that he thinks of the words of the UMP. And that said "happy step", Minister, accuses the Union Central "does very well represent" employees. The entire France would obviously shocked a such mixture of the genera of the intrusion of politics in the life of the Union and return to the old interventionist moons. No doubt even would in on some take to the streets to shout to the scandal.

Now back to reality. What happened last week in Bercy leaves not to amaze. Under the effect of a thrust of unexpected fever, Thierry Breton took violently to the Medef and, implicitly, to its President, holding inadmissible that it commented not on internal campaign for the Socialist Party for the presidential election of 2007. Laurence Parisot has been criticized for "no longer arrive to speak" on the 35 hours, which is a height, both employers to is époumoné, in recent years, the "economic catastrophe" of "RTT". In doing so, Thierry Breton made laugh unions and members of the opposition. In full budget debate in the National Assembly, Jean-Pierre Brard (Communist and Republican) and Didier Migaud (PS) have chuckled on the "mixing of the genres". Unfortunately, no voice did hear right in this case. The Parliament as the Government, the blood of Thierry Breton kick was clearly disturbed. Last winter, a similar incident had already occurred, but the anti-CPE demonstrators were on the street and the Medef argued the Government that the tip of the lips, on a topic the flexibility of labour contracts a priori stitched hand for business leaders.

Ironically, the attack on the former boss of France Telecom but serves the cause of Laurence Parisot. Accusing the employers of "drowsy" and "general anesthesia" more generally, it led him to close ranks. These days, it was no longer a head of the Medef or even the CGPME to criticize the action of the President! A tour de force when we know how much some remain annoyed by the style that it imposes avenue Bosquet since his election. Thus, since school, some hushed voices were heard to challenge his too frequent involvement in the debates in society, such as diversity or the judiciary, and to denounce the unpreparedness of some of his statements or decisions: in September, she explained that the margins of the companies is exacerbated, in October, she said that they were improving. His stubbornness to submit a candidate for the Presidency of the Urssaf, October 18, led by a resounding failure, since another employer organization, UPA, won, dropping the forlorn comment from a member of his court: "It lacks the gears in the machine."

In its white paper for 2007, it is the object of all the rumours, on its content and on its release date. Its output is postponed week in week and risk, if this continues, to not be heard by candidates in the presidential election. Or at least too late after the publication of the main programmes. Wishing always to escape calendar policy, Laurence Parisot takes a certain risk. That, certainly, not to see its proposals repeated taxation of social law and education. In the previous poll, had Ernest-Antoine Seilliere not launched the offensive early as October 2001 Claiming the "right to interference" patterns in the countryside, the predecessor of Laurence Parisot had organized a tour of the regions on the theme of "the France who wins", without waiting for the designation of the various candidates. Moreover, before the statements by Thierry Breton, some to surprise the convening of a broad "social deliberation" with all Union leaders to six months of the elections. And its corollary, the postponement of the delivery flat unemployment insurance. If the patron saint of patterns has managed to get everyone around the table to establish a State of the premises of the labour market, no schedule applies to the social partners, no objective them is assigned and no negotiation is approached... due to the approach of the elections! Indeed, when its partner of the CGPME, Jean-François Roubaud, readily spoken of bottom, last Monday, Laurence Parisot him large eyes. Privately, he is one who fumed. This is Denis Kessler. The former number two of the Medef, inspiring the "social Refoundation", is not far from thinking the same thing as the Minister of the economy the hollowness of the current management discourse. Finally, has Thierry Breton not said out loud what some believe any lower Despite him there in the less successful one thing: to silence opponents of the patron saint of the Medef. Momentarily.