a million french once again took to the streets across the country to to protest by pension reform promoted by the Executive, in what was the seventh consecutive day of marches.
The initiative was led by the unions -with the General Confederation of Workers (CGT) in the lead-, who relied on a greater presence than on previous occasions given that it was a non-working day, and also had the presence of young people who have shown themselves committed to their future, even before have entered the labor system.
The authorities reported that, of the million, close to 300,000 would only be in Paris where, likewise, the Police Prefecture notified 26 detainees. As reported by the television network bfmtvthese are hooded individuals who attacked businesses.
While, Strasbourg, Marseilles, Orleans, montpellier, Lille and Bordeaux They were also the scene of protests.
The call counted, on the other hand, with the support of the oppositionamong them of The Unsubmissive Francewhose leader Jean-Luc Melanchon was present in Marseille and stated that “We need a democratic way out of this impasse situation”.
“Mr. Macron leaves us no other chance (…) We hope that in a few days he will end up understanding that This can not go on like this. We never had the impression that the power was so weak and, at the same time, new, ridiculous, with too many words, inappropriate gestures, ”he added.
The Executive’s proposal Emmanuel Macron that raises delay the retirement age from 62 to 64 years by 2030 and to advance to 2027 the requirement of a minimum of 43 years -and not 42- to access the receive full pension it has been strongly repudiated by French society since the beginning of its debate, nearly two months ago.
Since January 19, marches have been organized in order to prevent the reform from advancing in the Legislature, where it is currently being debated in the Senate and then it should be dealt with in the National Assembly for a final vote.
Tensions were increased, in turn, after this week Macron will refuse to receive union leadersafter they sent him a letter asking him to listen and consult the people.
“When there are millions of people in the streets, when there are strikes and all we get from the other side is silence, people ask: ‘What else do we have to do to be heard?’”claimed Philippe Martinez, leader of the CGT.
“Since you are so sure of yourself, the President of the Republic should consult the people. We will see what the response of the people is, ”he added, calling for a referendum while his CFDT counterpart, laurent bergersaid: “I implore those who run this country to come out of this form of denial of the social movement.”
For his part, Marylise Leonthe union’s deputy general secretary, remarked that “This is the final stretch, everything is at stake now”.
Frederic Souillothis counterpart from Worker Forcewarned – meanwhile – of a “blockade of the economy” if the President continues to turn a deaf ear to their demands, something that is already visible in France, where the flights and the public transport have been affected by strikes, which also affected the service of the garbage collection.
In this sense, this same Saturday, the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC) announced the suspension of 20% of its flights of the weekend in several airports after the strike of air traffic controllers.
However, even in this tense climate of complaints in which the country is immersed, Macron does not seem to want to give up on his project. Weeks ago, his spokeswoman, Olivier Veranhad ensured that “a large majority of French people consider that a reform is necessary” and it is only “part of the French” that “continues to mobilize because they do not want to (…) work little by little more time”.
Lastly, he stressed that this step is essential to achieve “a balanced budget in 2030″.
(With information from AFP and Europa Press)
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