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Pension reform: new day of mobilization on January 31

2023-01-19T19:17:22.906Z


Gathered in Paris this Thursday evening, the trade unions announced a new day of mobilization on January 31st.


The strikes and demonstrations are just beginning.

In the early evening, in Paris, the organizations grouped together in the inter-union mobilized against the government's pension reform met to decide on the follow-up to be given to the movement.

The conclusion is clear: after a first day considered very successful by the unions, the time has come to intensify the pressure on the executive.

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The CFDT, Force Ouvrière, the CGT, the Unsa, the CFE-CGC, Solidaires, the CFTC and the FSU have therefore announced a new day of mobilization on Tuesday, January 31.

The secretary general of the CGT Philippe Martinez gauged the participation of

“more than two million”

demonstrators everywhere in France.

This milestone of two million had also been crossed, according to the unions, on the first day of the strikes of 1995. Quite a symbol: at the time, the mobilization had resulted in the withdrawal of the pension reform carried by Alain Juppé.

The authorities put forward another figure – 1.12 million – which nevertheless confirms the success of the demonstrations on Thursday.

The Minister of Labor Olivier Dussopt also recognized a “

significant

” mobilization.

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From the first hours of the mobilization against the government's project, the trade unions warned that the day of January 19 would only be the first stage of a long march to roll back the executive.

This union date gives the start of a powerful mobilization on long-term pensions

”, proclaimed Laurent Berger, surrounded by his counterparts from the other centrals, on January 10.

Something to remind the French of the atmosphere in December 2019, when the day of 5 – 806,000 participants, according to the police – had been followed very quickly by other calls for mobilization.

For its part, the executive still hopes to defuse the crisis and convince the French, by multiplying calls for “

responsibility

”.

"

What we don't want is for French people who haven't asked anyone

" to find themselves unable to go to work or take care of their children, said the government spokesperson. , Olivier Véran, Wednesday.

And to add: “

Block the country, the daily life of the French, no

”.

The showdown with the unions therefore continues.

Source: lefigaro

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