The timing is not the most opportune.
For this first day of mobilization against the pension reform, Emmanuel Macron will not be on French soil.
He must go, accompanied by a ministerial delegation, to the city of Barcelona, on the occasion of the Franco-Spanish summit.
“
It is the choice of the government.
Things are happening in France, they are not in France …
”, noted in this context the boss of the CGT Philippe Martinez, invited this Thursday on Public Senate.
Before denouncing: “
I think that the President of the Republic, who says he is listening even more than before, should be interested in what is happening and not consider that he is managing his little business.
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“
He is, unlike a minister last year, not in Ibiza, but in Barcelona
”, thus mocked the trade unionist, while a year ago almost day by day, the Minister of National Education Jean- Michel Blanquer was on vacation in Ibiza when finalizing the health protocol for the return to school in January.
The information, revealed by Mediapart, had sparked controversy and led the member of the government to explain himself to the French.
For this Thursday, January 19, Philippe Martinez therefore makes an "
observation
": "
When there is a very big mobilization and we claim to have changed and listen more, it's the kind of day when it's time to stay , it's time to listen.
“And to warn:”
We will see how it reacts.
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Emmanuel Macron is expected in Spain to sign a friendship treaty between the two countries.
He will be accompanied for this by thirteen ministers, including Bruno Le Maire (Economy), Gérald Darmanin (Interior) and Clément Beaune (Transport).
The Minister of Labor, Olivier Dussopt, was finally ordered to stay in France, to closely monitor the mobilizations.
