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Pension reform: “And yet…”

2023-01-19T19:17:01.001Z


The editorial of Le Figaro, by Yves Thréard The day of protest had barely begun when Jean-Luc Mélenchon already triumphed: the government had "lost a battle" . Admittedly, the mobilization of this Thursday proved to be up to the ambitions of its promoters, but it was predictable. Whenever it comes to touching pensions, the country offers the same spectacle. He rears up. And this question always comes up: will the heckling of the street make


The day of protest had barely begun when Jean-Luc Mélenchon already triumphed: the government had

"lost a battle"

.

Admittedly, the mobilization of this Thursday proved to be up to the ambitions of its promoters, but it was predictable.

Whenever it comes to touching pensions, the country offers the same spectacle.

He rears up.

And this question always comes up: will the heckling of the street make the government back down?

The showdown with the executive has only just begun.

Everything can happen.

Especially if actions to block the economy are taken.

And yet...

The executive should have no reason to give in

And yet, what is a million demonstrators out of some 30 million active today?

A drop of water, or almost, which always represents the same subscribers to union parades: civil servants, public service agents and the like, who are also the least exposed to change.

It is understood, a majority of French people disapprove of the extension of the legal retirement age…

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Source: lefigaro

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