Official numbers haven't come in yet, but the pictures speak for themselves.
"
Mobilization is important
," admitted Thursday on RTL the ex-PS Minister of Labor, Olivier Dussopt, at the end of the first day of protest against the pension reform.
“
We must listen to the messages in the processions this afternoon and this morning
”, he added, while the CGT claims 2 million people in the streets.
First member of the government to react at this stage, Olivier Dussopt also recalled that this was a "
particular" theme, in France more than elsewhere
.
"
It's a subject that refers to a form of intimacy
," he said.
We knew that this mobilization would be important.
“According to him, it is in particular because “
we are all concerned
”.
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After a day without major clashes, Olivier Dussopt also considered "
normal
" that the pension reform carried by the executive "
raises concerns
".
The subject is in his eyes "
very particular, very sensitive
", and it is therefore necessary to "
respond
" to what the demonstrators wished to express on Thursday.
