Today’s meeting between French Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne and professional organizations to find a way out crisis which has been caused by the dispute reform of pensionended in “failure”, the unions assured.

The government, which adopted this reform without the National Assembly having voted on it, hoped to find a field of agreement, while the unions continue to ask for the withdrawal of this text, which President Emmanuel Macron wants and which increases from 62 at 64 years her age retirement.

The meeting with Elizabeth Bourne, the first since widespread mobilization against the reform began in January, however lasted less than an hour and ended in “failure”, according to the eight organizations that have formed a cross-union committee.

“We repeated to the prime minister that there can be no other democratic way out than the withdrawal of the text. The prime minister replied that she wishes her text to stand, this is a serious decision,” CFTC union president Cyril Champanier said on behalf of the union.

Unionists had warned they would walk out of the meeting if Elizabeth Bourne refused to talk about lowering the retirement age, the most important measure of the reform that has fueled anger in France for weeks and will be at the center of an 11th day of protests planned for tomorrow, Thursday.

The prime minister, who received the organizations in the prime minister’s palace Matignon for the first time since January 10, had promised to “listen to all the issues”, despite the “points of disagreement”.

Laurent Berget, head of the CFDT, the largest French trade union, had warned that in case of a negative answer for the 64 years, “we will leave”.

The reform, which is unpopular according to opinion polls, has sparked an unprecedented mobilization in France that repeats itself almost every week, bringing as many as 1.3 million people to the streets on March 7 (according to the authorities). And the intensity in these protests has increased after the adoption of the reform without being voted by the parliament, through article 49.3 of the Constitution.

Unions and the government now await the Constitutional Council, which will say on April 14 whether this reform is in line with the French fundamental law.

On the same day, the Constitutional Council will also rule on the validity of a text submitted by the left-wing opposition that could pave the way for a referendum on pensions.