After two afternoons of discussion, the social partners and the government left with proposals under their arms before meeting again this Thursday 31 March at the Château de Senningen where they will look to reach an agreement.
In the meantime everyone worked on their files and analysed in detail the proposals put on the table by the government.
On the OGBL's side, after an in-depth analysis by several working groups, the union's national committee unanimously confirmed on Tuesday 29 March that “the government's proposals are not sufficient”. “We will continue the negotiations and we will also make proposals at the next tripartite meeting, because, for the moment, the government's proposals are not enough,” the OGBL stated, while making it clear that this was not a rejection as such.
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This position is shared by the national committee of the CGFP, which has not welcomed the government's proposals. The civil service union wants to see additional efforts.
At the LCGB, nothing has filtered through, but the desire to continue negotiations in order to reach an agreement to compensate for the loss of purchasing power in the face of soaring energy prices.
As far as employers are concerned, the aid package presented by the government seems to be quite suitable. The president of the Union des Entreprises Luxembourgeoises (UEL), Michel Reckinger, had validated the government's proposals. "What the prime minister has presented is a package. Either everything is accepted or everything is called into question. We accept everything. It's up to the unions to see what they do. If not, the government will make its own decisions,” said Reckinger at the end of the first two tripartite meetings.
For the moment, the government has not made any comment. But prime minister Xavier Bettel (DP) had already warned that he was ready to take his responsibilities if the tripartite negotiations failed.
This story was first published in French on . It has been translated and edited for Delano.