"There will be no shadow over the CFDT, there will be no tutelary figure of the CFDT, there never has been, there never will be", says Laurent Berger, who is preparing to hand over his position at the head of the CFDT to Marylise Léon, at a time when France's leading trade union feels boosted by the social movement against pension reform, even if it has not managed to get the government to back down. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES