We had predicted a “historic” May 1st.
Trade union in front of the banners, persistent protest behind and overflows on the sides… Even if the tidal wave did not take place, the “exceptional” today takes on the appearance of routine.
For the thirteenth time, the processions pounded the pavement, giving the pretext for these outbursts of violence now tragically usual, too.
And after?
The hardliners will cling to a few symbolic dates - May 3, new decision on the RIP;
on June 8, bill for the repeal of the reform... - while the government, like Tom Thumb, tries to sow the small pebbles that will allow, he hopes, everyone to find the way to " 100 days” towards “appeasement”.
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A prospect that is not assured, if we rely on the first gesture of the government on the road to reconciliation: to postpone indefinitely the immigration bill, yet more expected than that on pensions… Emmanuel…
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