Mobilization against pension reform: "A success, but not a surprise"

More demonstrators, but fewer strikers.

This is the outcome of the second day of mobilization against the pension reform.

The extent of the processions is a satisfaction for the unions, but it is not a surprise;

and it should not weigh on the determination of the executive, perhaps a little better armed than it was ten days ago.

The government had been taken aback by the success of the day of January 19.

His underestimation of the mobilization had destabilized him.

This was followed by doubt within the majority itself, wavering in ministerial explanations, distancing on the part of the allies and silence on the part of the heavyweights of Macron.

The pro-reformers were on the defensive like groggy by a misjudged wave.

The test of political unity

This time, at least, he had anticipated and the majority began to wake up.

Anticipating means not indexing your determination on the level of mobilization.

That's why it's ahead of...

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