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Pensions: unions facing violence

2023-03-21T19:28:23.097Z


DECRYPTION – The ninth day of mobilization against pension reform is likely to attract a more angry crowd than in previous parades.


Wild gatherings, trash burnings or confrontations with the police.

Since the announcement of the use of 49.3 to avoid a vote in the National Assembly, the opposition to the government has become largely radicalized.

A turn that

"does not surprise at all"

Cyril Chabanier, secretary general of the CFTC.

"We had warned, we had even written

," said the trade unionist.

An opinion shared by the leader of the CFDT, Laurent Berger, who had already warned the executive a few days earlier:

"The determination that is expressed in the street is turning into anger"

, he had warned .

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If the current outbursts tend to confirm the unions' announcements, the latter are not happy about it.

“It worries”

, admits Cyril Chabanier, who recalls

“condemning all forms of violence”

.

An opinion shared by the entire spectrum of the inter-union.

"We are certainly calling for strikes and blockades, but not for breaking"

, confirms Simon Duteil, co-delegate general...

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Source: lefigaro

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