Once again, the leaders of the eight main trade unions showed themselves united, at the head of the Parisian procession which set off shortly after 1 p.m., from the Place de la République towards the Nation, still behind the same banner: "Réforme
des pensions: working longer is a no!
".
A little earlier during a press conference, the unions, which confirmed their call for a fifth act on February 16, said they were ready "to
harden the movement
" and to "bring the country to a halt on February 7 March” if the government and Parliament “
remain deaf
” to the mobilizations.
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Large cities that mobilize
The map was updated at 4:30 p.m.
For this first mobilization on a Saturday, the morning parades sometimes brought together more people than the third act, on February 7.
They were at least
8,500 in Pau
(against 7,500),
6,000 in Nancy
(against 6,500),
5,500 in Angoulême
(against 4,800),
2,000 in Mende
(against 500), according to the authorities.
Orléans
also had a historic day with
12,500
people in the streets.
In the big cities,
Nice
, which had rather filled up with demonstrators until now, mobilized less.
With the start of the Nice Carnival but also the holidays in zone B, the people of Nice were only 5,600 (against 6,800) in the streets.
Same observation in
Clermont-Ferrand
, where the unions claimed 50,000 participants (against 20,000 on February 7) and 8,000 the prefecture (against 9,200), in
Saint-Etienne
(5,300 against 6,200).
Conversely
Lyon
(15,800 against 10,700),
Toulouse
(30,000 against 24,000),
Montpellier
(20,000 against 11,000) and
Toulon
(10,000 against 5,000) are full.
Note that
Montpellier
also saw another demonstration of 14,000 defenders of bullfighting traditions.
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