The arrival of Charles III in France could well be disrupted... by the social protest linked to the pension reform.
The King of England, who arrives in Paris on Sunday, must take part in a ceremony with Emmanuel Macron at the Arc de Triomphe on Monday before meeting with the President of the Republic at the Elysée Palace and ending his day with a banquet at the Palace of Versailles.
If the left castigates this visit in view of the current social context, the staff of the National Furniture and the Carpet and Tapestry Manufactures refuse to participate in the ceremonies.
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“We are fully aware that at the end of the week the King of England will be welcomed in France and that our services will be requested. We say: it has nothing to do with the protocol, it will be without us! We are in solidarity with English workers, in particular in culture
(British Museum, Wallace collection, etc.)
, who have been on strike for weeks for wage increases
,” CGT Culture said in a press release.
Gathered in a general meeting this Wednesday, 130 agents, who want the pension reform to be withdrawn, are asking their administration "
to let the services concerned know that
(they)
will not provide: neither the furnishings, nor the red carpets, nor flags.
The national furniture also specifies to BFM Business that
“no hindrance would be brought”
to non-striking employees.
