False start for the social partners’ investment fund

“The president of the Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (CPME), Amir Reza-Tofighi, took up the subject a little in committee in the Senate, even though everything had to remain secret. This deeply annoyed Medef, which had participated in all the meetings,” quips one participant. The reaction was quick: the next day, the first employers’ organization published a press release, co-signed with the U2P (the representative of artisans and traders), estimating that the conditions were “not met for the launch of a sovereign fund”.