“This additional work must be done,” insists François Bayrou in a letter to the social partners

The “this additional work must done,” social partners received a letter from the Prime Minister. In addition, François Bayrou, specifying his project to suppress two holidays on Friday, reported the economic and financial daily newspaper on Sunday 10 days, the economic and financial daily newspaper Les Echoswho had access to a copy of the missive.

The head of government had proposed. Therefore, on July 15, during the presentation of his plan for the 2026 budget, that “Two public holidays are deleted for the whole country”. Consequently, He had cited Easter Monday and May 8, while saying himself “Ready to accept other ideas”. The measure would report, according to him, “Several billion” at the state budget.

“Easter Monday has no religious meaning”had recalled the Prime Minister. when this date is a public holiday in more than a hundred countries in the world. The May 8. considered the anniversary of the Allies’ victory in “this additional work must done,” 1945, became a commemoration day in 1946, then a public holiday from 1953 until 1959. Twenty-three years later, in 1981, he regained his public character under the presidency of François Mitterrand.

The response of the social partners expected by “1^is september ” – "this additional work must done,"

This project is the field of national. interprofessional negotiation. This is why François Bayrou has the obligation. under article 1 of the Labor Code, to communicate an orientation document to the social partners so that they can negotiate.

In this letter. the government “this additional work must done,” justifies the abolition of Easter Monday and the May 8, stressing that these two days intervene at “A time of year with many holidays”. This measure will concern employees in the private. public who “Will not be remunerated more for these new hours of work”. “In return. private sector employers will pay a contribution that will be assigned to the state budget”a mechanism already applied for Pentecost Monday.

The mail evokes “Margun of maneuver”allowing. in particular, to take into account “The possible specificities to be expected for Alsace, the Moselle and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon” where the law of December 9, “this additional work must done,” 1905 separating the Churches and the State does not apply. However. the document is opposed to “Too flexible organizations promoting bypass” car “This additional work must be done”underlines Matigon, who says that “The yield of this measure should be for the private sector of 4.2 billion euros from 2026 for the state budget”.

François Bayrou asked the social partners to tell him before « 1^is september “ If they wish to initiate negotiations. which will have to end “No later than September 30”.