"
The first instruction is that each and everyone keep their cool but do not let themselves be intimidated in any way
", launched Jean-Luc Mélenchon Thursday in Marseille, denouncing an Emmanuel Macron playing "
the strategy of paralysis, provocation and chaos
”.
Calling on everyone to "
throw all their forces into the battle
" against the pension reform, the leader of France Insoumise is certain that "
the so-called breathlessness of the movement will not take place, (...) people will not give in not, even if you talk to them so arrogantly, they won't lower their noses
".
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While for a week there have been daily demonstrations across the country, and sometimes fraught with tension, the head of state said he could not accept "neither the rebels nor the factions" and risked a comparison with the events in the Capitol during of the election of Joe Biden in the United States.
The unions denounced in unison the "contempt" and "denial" of the Head of State, expected Thursday early afternoon in Brussels for a European Council.
What about this Thursday, March 23 in major cities?
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At 1:00 p.m., 231,000 demonstrators marched in the streets of France against 100,000 on March 15 at the same time and 277,000 on March 7.
Two cities broke their mobilization record this morning: Toulon with 12,000 demonstrators (10,000 people on February 11) and Rouen with 14,800 demonstrators (13,500 on March 7).
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