La France insoumise will organize a "
march for our pensions
" in Paris on January 21, in line with its "march against the high cost of living" in October, while expressing its "
support for the unions
" and their upcoming demonstrations, a announced the move on Saturday.
“
LFI will be at its maximum
”, promised MP Louis Boyard, member of the new coordination of the movement founded by Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
Between 30,000 people, according to the police, and 140,000 according to the organizers marched against the “
expensive life
” on October 16 between Nation and Bastille in Paris.
LFI had then tried to ally with the unions, which had refused to call for the march.
"
It's up to everyone to see what their strategy will be to mobilize against the pension reform, we will be in support of all the mobilizations
," said Louis Boyard.
"
If the unions want to join this date, there will be even more of us to defeat the government
," he added.
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The general secretaries of the CFDT and the CGT, Laurent Berger and Philippe Martinez, have already promised “ determined
” social mobilization
in the event of a postponement of the retirement age.
The leader of the PCF Fabien Roussel for his part called on the left to “
big meetings
” in January.
The Prime Minister must receive the bosses of the parliamentary groups until the middle of next week, before presenting the outlines of the reform project probably Thursday, with a view to an examination in the Assembly at the start of the year.